Oscar Isaac Describes MOON KNIGHT Series as "Quite Different" and Says It Doesn't Follow the Usual Superhero Logic

Fans are getting excited looking forward to the Disney+ Marvel series Moon Knight that will see Oscar Isaac take on the role of Marc Spector, the son of a Jewish rabbi who escaped from Germany on the eve of the rise of the Third Reich. Marc refuses to follow in his father's footsteps and instead becomes a boxer and then joins the Marines and later works with the CIA, as well as becomes a mercenary.

Isaac is equally pumped to take on the role, and he recently sat down with Total Film (via /Film) to discuss the reasons why. When asked about his previous experiences with superhero movies, Isaac explains what drew him to this story and what makes Moon Knight different:

“It’s not so much about the genre of things. It’s the people. And is there room to do something interesting in it? And sometimes there is, and you think there will be. And sometimes it turns out there isn’t.

So with this – I love the people involved. I thought there was an incredibly unusual story to tell within the world of, you know, the superhero language. But we’re making something that’s quite different, and that doesn’t follow the same…not necessarily even logic of what a lot of superhero films do.

I think because of that, I just found an opportunity to do something that I’ve not done at all yet, and to have a lot of creative collaboration with the rest of the people making it.”

It’s cool to hear that they are doing something innovative with the series. Marvel has pretty steadily pumped out great content across the films and series we have seen over the past decade, and I am excited to see what they come up with in Moon Knight. The series is set to premiere on Disney+ sometime in 2022.