Daniel Radcliffe is Reportedly in The Running For Marvel's MOON KNIGHT Series
A lot of Marvel fans are excited about the upcoming Moon Knight series being produced for Disney+. There’s been a lot of talk among fans about who might play Moon Knight in the series and one of the actors who is reportedly up for the role hasn’t appeared on any of the fan lists that I’ve seen! That actor is Daniel Radcliffe, best known for the Harry Potter films.
The news comes from Marvel scooper Daniel Richtman, who posted on his Patreon page that, "Daniel Radcliffe is one name in the mix for Moon Knight.” To be clear, Radcliffe has not been cast in the series, he is just in the mix of several other actors that Marvel is looking at.
At this point, it’s hard to imagine Radcliffe as Moon Knight, but he would certainly make for an interesting choice. Would he work in the role of Marc Spector a.k.a. Moon Knight? I have no idea! But, I’m not closed off to the idea, I’m totally open to seeing what Radcliffe would bring to the character.
I think he could pull it off. After all, Spector is a crazy guy with a dark and twisted sense of humor. He also has multiple personalities that have conversations with each other and that’s something I could see Radcliffe doing. He doesn’t really fit the physicality of the character, though.
The Moon Knight series is also said to include the villains Bushman, Werewolf By Night, and Stained Glass Scarlett. Moon Knight is currently being developed by Jeremy Slater (The Umbrella Academy) and his writing team.
In the comics, Marc Spector, a.k.a. Moon Knight, was a CIA agent turned mercenary where he made millions. His wealth from being a mercenary and investments land him anywhere between $50 million to $3 billion in net worth. Yet during his last mercenary job, Spector was left for dead by a former colleague.
Spector dragged himself through the sands of the desert to the tomb of Konshu, the Egyptian moon god. There he was pronounced dead but resurrected at the hands of Konshu. The resurrection took a toll and he ended up developing a multiple personality disorder. When he returned to New York, he created two new personalities, Steven Grant, and Jake Lockley. Grant was the millionaire womanizer, while Lockley was a cab driver.
It was after developing these other personalities when he took on the mantle of Moon Knight. Konshu granted Spector with increased physical capabilities and periodic prophetic visions at night; yet even Spector himself was unsure whether Konshu was yet another personality of his own creation. Even still, Moon Knight operates with an arsenal of technology, vehicles and costumes to suit his needs.
What do you think about the possibility of seeing Radcliffe in the role of Moon Knight?