Moon Knight spoilers follow.
Moon Knight is Marvel's latest series to hit Disney+, and while it's quite different to Marvel's other series, it's also quite tough for Star Wars alum Oscar Isaac to film.
The series sees Isaac assuming two different identities: a mild-mannered museum gift shop employee called Steven Grant and Marc Spector, who is a brutal mercenary.
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It is revealed that Spector has disassociative identity disorder, which meant the actor had to switch between the two very different characters when filming.
Talking to Digital Spy and other press, the actor said that at the beginning it was "incredibly challenging" to play both parts, so he suggested a plan for filming.
"You know, there's a lot of fun in it as well, you know, figuring it out. But one of the things I did is, because I wasn't totally comfortable yet with switching between the two, I asked if we could start with Steven.
"And could we just film for a couple of scenes with Steven first? Or at least, one week, we'll do all Steven, and then come in the next week and do Marc, just to give me a chance to really wrap my mind around it."
He said he did this so his performance didn't "feel like a party trick" but for people to "really feel like these were really fully formed individuals".
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"And so they thankfully gave me the space to do that. And as the shoot went on, and I got more comfortable or secure in what I was doing, I became more flexible between being able to switch between the two."
As the Star Wars actor became more secure playing both Marc and Steven, he found things much easier.
"And by the end, I could do it in the same take, in the same moment. I could switch between the two, and it could just be something as simple as, you know, the shoulders drop, or it's in the eyes. That was a real journey, to get to that place."
Moon Knight is now streaming on Disney+, with new episodes every Wednesday.
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