![]() ![]() It's a fun idea, and considering that Oscar Isaac looks like handsome Hollywood actor Oscar Isaac, he does an endearing job of selling the awkward physicality of a nerdy, unremarkable guy hilariously out of his depth. ![]() He is a hapless loser in the body of a badass superhero. He wakes up in other countries, perplexed at why people are shooting at him. One of these personalities is the oblivious Steven Grant, who – despite his efforts – keeps waking up in strange places with no memory of how he got there. Created by Jeremy Slater, best known for his work on Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, the six-part series offers a loose take on one of Marvel's lesser-known heroes: Marc Spector, a mercenary with dissociative identity disorder – meaning he has multiple personalities – who has made a deal with Khonshu, Egyptian god of the Moon, in exchange for superpowers. The voice is certainly a bold creative choice from Isaac, one that may prove off-putting for some, but it works surprisingly well as part of Moon Knight's rompishly light and playful early episodes. He is introduced to us as Steven Grant, a mild-mannered London gift shop employee who says things like "bloody 'el!", and – to a guy outside his flat still selling the old brushes and brooms – "still sellin' the ol' brushes and bwooms?" He also sleeps strapped to a bed, surrounded by a moat of smooth, unbroken sand. Perhaps not since Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins has there been a more cartoonishly broad British accent than Oscar Isaac's in the latest Marvel TV series Moon Knight. ![]()
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