10 Unusual Demands Made By Actors On Recent TV Shows
5. Oscar Issac Needed Some Quality Time With Steven - Moon Knight
Being tasked with portraying just one personality on the global Marvel Cinematic Universe stage is enough to leave most actors feeling the pressure somewhat. So, you can imagine how anxious the idea of bringing multiple different characters to the table over the course of Disney+'s Moon Knight must've made leading man Oscar Isaac coming into the MCU show.
So, in an attempt to get over the sheer size of the task he was faced with in playing Steven Grant, Marc Spector, and Jake Lockley over the course of the inevitably complicated shoot, Isaac had a specific request during the production's first week.
As the X-Men and Star Wars star would confess to Digital Spy:
"...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..."
Eventually, thanks to being allowed this space to focus on forming these personalities separately, Isaac eventually found a way to juggle between his many different characters, sometimes in one take, without it feeling like "a party trick".