10 Marvel Superheroes For Phase 4 (And Who Should Play Them)

3. Moon Knight - Garrett Hedlund

Moon Knight often gets a bad rap, with cynics seeing him as nothing more than Marvels€™ rip-off of Batman. However, although there are undeniable stylistic similarities (the word €˜knight€™, a billowing cape, dark night-time brooding), Moon Knight is actually much more than a corporate-mandated Caped Crusader clone. Marc Spector was the wayward son of a rabbi, who spent his adult years dabbling in boxing, mercenary work and stint in the marines before ending up dead in an Egyptian temple after a looting that went bad. The Egyptian God Khonshu appears to Marc, offering him a second chance at life if he changes his ways and becomes God€™s avatar on Earth. He awakens, returns to the USA and becomes the dedicated crime-fighter Moon Knight, investing his merc money to finance it all and inventing a new identity - the financier Steven Grant - as a front. He also created yet another persona, that of a cab driver, to gather intel on the underworld. All these personalities push Marc to the limit, and he€™s often portrayed as mentally unstable. Garrett Hedlund €“ currently on screens as a swashbuckling young Captain Hook in Pan €“ could be perfect in a film or Netflix series that delved into the grittier side of Moon Knight, rather than pushing the four personalities thing for laughs.
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