‘Moon Knight’ Producer Talks Post-Credit Scene and Oscar Isaac Improvisation
With Marvel’s latest series concluding its first season in an action-packed finale, Moon Knight producer Grant Curtis recently spoke about that post-credit scene and what moment Oscar Isaac improvised.
There are few Marvel projects that have reached the same level of storytelling success that has been achieved by the latest MCU series.
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Exploring some of the most mature themes and subject matter that the MCU has ever attempted, Moon Knight explores child abuse and mental illness with the care necessary, while still allowing it to fit in a Marve Universe that can house the mythical battles that concluded the series.
With the season finale post-credit scene signifying that we haven’t seen the last of the character, Moon Knight Producer Grant Curtis recently spoke about that same post-credit scene, and how it was molded to Oscar Isaac’s incredible improvisational ability.
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Speaking with Entertainment Weekly on the post-credit reveal, Curtis stated, “Well, it’s one of the major components of the comic book. Marc Spector has dissociative identity disorder, and usually that centers around three different characters; Marc Spector, Steven Grant, and Jake Lockley.”
Curtis continued by stating, that, “we realized early on in the development process, led by the great Jeremy Slater, that we had an embarrassment of riches,” in terms of the many incredible characters they had to use within the series.
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“It really came down to the fact that [we wanted] to tell Marc’s most intimate, engaging journey. It really became a two-hander between Marc Spector and Steven Grant.” Curtis noted, “That didn’t leave Jake out of the picture, because we kind of threat Jake Lockey throughout, from episode 1 and beyond.”
The famed Marvel producer stated, “But it really became evident that the best place to put him was at the end and make that the tag and [set up] the new journey ahead at the end of episode 6”
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When speaking of the character of Jake Lockley, Curtis concluded, “It was all Oscar. That was not on the page. Oscar brought so many narrative elements to this show, both in front of the camera and behind. He’s a storyteller first and foremost, and that was just one of the many contributions he made to this series.”
it is incredibly interesting to hear the impact Isaac had on the series, and the process is finally bringing Lockley to the screen, and we can only hope that there is a second season to bring all of these characters to the MCU again.
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