The Sneaky Way Oscar Isaac Played Against Himself in Moon Knight

In Disney+ and Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight, Oscar Isaac stars as Steven Grant/Marc Spector, a superhero with dissociative identification dysfunction powered by historical Egyptian fantasy. The position required the actor to decide to difficult character work reverse himself; in lots of scenes, he needed to carry out full sequences as Moon Knight and his a number of personalities. To do it as authentically as potential, Isaac utilized a tried-and-true methodology that anybody with siblings can relate to.

“Well, the first step was to hire my brother, Michael Hernandez, to come in and be the other me, it’s the closest thing to me there is,” Isaac mentioned at Moon Knight’s world press convention, which io9 attended. “So he came in and he would play either Steven or Marc, even with the accent and everything—both accents. That was really helpful to have someone that’s not only a great actor, but also shares my DNA to play off of.” Basically, roping in his brother to assist placed on a present! Of course, doing it for a Marvel superhero present required a little bit of finessing.

“Something that I didn’t anticipate was how technically demanding that was going to be, having to show up and decide which character I was going to play first and and then try to block that out, give my brother notes and then do the scene and then switch characters and then figure it out,” Isaac mentioned. “Because one of the fun—I think maybe it’s not the most fun thing about acting—is acting opposite somebody and letting something spontaneous happen that you didn’t expect. But there wasn’t really an opportunity to do that and still having to try to find what makes it feel spontaneous and not all planned out. So that was that was challenging.”

But hey, brothers doing favors for each other is household guidelines! And Hernandez, who’s a journalist for the Miami New Times, undoubtedly owed his huge bro for this pleasant chat about Oscar’s childhood and most distinguishable features. (Watch the video, belief us.) And it simply so occurs that Moon Knight shouldn’t be the primary time Isaac has performed a number of characters in a single undertaking. He revealed in his latest SNL opening monologue he’s achieved it earlier than by sharing some home videos of himself as a baby taking part in The Avenger (to not be confused for The Avengers).

Moon Knight premieres March 30 on Disney+.

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