50 Fun Facts About Moon Knight

Who stars as Marc Spector and Steven Grant in Moon Knight?

He gave each alter a different accent and used his own brother as a body double for scenes where they meet.

What condition do Marc Spector and Steven Grant share as alters of one man?

Psychiatrist Dr. Paul Puri of UCLA consulted, and each episode's credits point viewers to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Khonshu, the god who makes Marc Spector his avatar, rules over what?

Writer Jeremy Slater called the moon god 'imperious and sort of snotty and vengeful', prone to temper tantrums.

Who provides the voice of Khonshu?

Karim El Hakim performed the god on set; Abraham recorded several vocal options before settling on one.

Who plays the cult leader Arthur Harrow?

Isaac approached him personally, and director Mohamed Diab asked him to sign on without reading the scripts.

Which goddess does Harrow want to free to judge humanity for future crimes?

Sofia Danu performed her on set and Saba Mubarak voiced her; both villains were obscure picks from the comics.

Before Spector, whose avatar was Arthur Harrow?

The writers invented him as an original villain tied to the hero's past, and picked the name because 'it sounded cool'.

Who plays Layla El-Faouly, Marc's wife?

Producer Sarah Goher approached her on social media to persuade her to audition.

Which superhero identity does Layla take on in the finale?

The name, revealed by Marvel.com, comes from the first Egyptian hero in Marvel's comics.

Which hippopotamus-headed goddess guides souls through the Duat?

Antonia Salib voiced and motion-captured her, wearing platform shoes to mimic hippo feet.

What is Steven Grant's job?

He works at London's fictional National Art Gallery and longs for connection.

Which language does the third alter, Jake Lockley, speak?

Isaac enjoyed bringing a piece of his own life to the role; Lockley surfaces in the finale's mid-credits scene.

Isaac modelled Grant's accent partly on the Jewish community of which London borough?

He also channelled Karl Pilkington of An Idiot Abroad and Peter Sellers, and admitted the accent was deliberately 'bizarre'.

Which city does Isaac lean into for Marc Spector's 'pushing people away' persona?

He used his own American accent and called Spector a jerk.

What book did Isaac call his 'bible' while preparing for the role?

Robert B. Oxnam's memoir describes living with dissociative identity disorder.

Who served as Isaac's body double for scenes where Marc and Steven meet?

Michael Benjamin Hernandez let Isaac act opposite someone rather than empty air.

Who created the series and served as head writer?

He wanted the tone of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Ghostbusters with a dash of horror.

Which Egyptian filmmaker led the directing team, handling four episodes?

He and his wife Sarah Goher pitched a 200-page document on depicting Egypt without Orientalist clichés.

Which directing duo made the second and fourth episodes?

The indie horror pair behind The Endless joined in January 2021.

In which city was most of the series filmed?

Its Museum of Fine Arts stood in for London's National Art Gallery; Hollywood has long been unable to shoot in Egypt.

Which Jordanian desert hosted a week of filming?

The crew also shot in Slovenia before finishing in Atlanta by mid-October 2021.

What was the series' working title?

Filming was first set for November 2020 but slipped to April 2021 because of the pandemic.

Which London districts did the Hungarian locations mainly double for?

Costume designer Meghan Kasperlik dressed Grant to evoke Brixton 'coolness' with something slightly off.

Who composed the score, in his first major English-language project?

He recorded 62 musicians and 36 singers in Vienna and Egyptian folk soloists in Cairo.

Which of these is NOT one of the Egyptian folk instruments featured in the score?

The soloists were recorded in Cairo to sit alongside the classical orchestra.

Which comics creators' run was the primary inspiration for the series?

Sienkiewicz's visuals and Ellis's Mr. Knight persona were also drawn on.

Which villain did Slater consider 'the most logical' choice before rejecting him?

He feared the character would be just 'a guy with a gun' and too close to Black Panther's Killmonger.

Which character, later used in Hawkeye, was considered as Spector's love interest?

Marlene Alraune from the comics was also dropped as too much of a damsel in distress.

What was Layla's name in early development?

Slater wanted a Marion Ravenwood type who could go toe to toe with the boys.

Which two Eternals were planned for a cut flashback about the fall of Ammit?

References to Gorr the God Butcher and Dane Whitman were also dropped to keep the show self-contained.

Which DC hero did Slater not want Moon Knight compared to?

Exploring mental health, he said, let the hero be more than 'a palette-swapped Batman clone'.

Early in development, which alter was going to become Moon Knight?

The roles were later reversed so that Grant became Mr. Knight instead.

Why did Isaac initially hesitate to join the series?

Creative freedom from Kevin Feige and fascination with Grant's characterisation won him over.

How long had it been since Hawke had agreed to a role without reading the script?

He joined for Isaac, Diab and where he felt he was in his career.

Which French actor played the collector Anton Mogart in one of his final roles?

He died in a skiing accident in January 2022, two months before the series premiered.

Who is the Ennead's leader Selim the avatar of?

Khalid Abdalla plays him presiding over the council of gods.

The Moon Knight suit made by FBFX consisted of how many separate pieces?

It was made of flexible 'Euro jersey' with 3D-printed textures, and its bandages conjure around Spector.

Which comics version inspired the mummy-bandage look of the suit?

Feige suggested merging it with the character's modern design to distinguish it from the MCU's nanotech suits.

What does Mr. Knight wear instead of armour?

The waistcoat buttons carry Khonshu's symbols, and the fabric was chosen not to look like 'a white marshmallow' at night.

What changes in the end credits from episode to episode?

Perception's sequence starts with a crescent in episode one and was inspired by artifacts at the Met.

What was the series' reported budget?

Six episodes of 40 to 50 minutes each, with Cairo largely recreated digitally by Weta.

On what date did Moon Knight premiere on Disney+?

The six episodes ran weekly to May 4; a special screening was held at the British Museum.

Where was the series specially screened on 17 March, two weeks before release?

Madrid's Cine Capitol hosted one the day before, with the red-carpet premiere at the El Capitan in LA.

Per Luminate, what share of Disney+ original-series viewing was Moon Knight in 2022?

It was the platform's third most-streamed show that year with 6 billion US minutes.

What Rotten Tomatoes approval rating did the series earn?

The consensus called it 'refreshingly weird'; Metacritic gave it 69.

In which 1975 comic did Moon Knight first appear?

Doug Moench and Don Perlin introduced him as a mercenary antagonist before he was recast as a hero.

In the comics, which mercenary kills Spector before Khonshu resurrects him?

Spector had served as a Force Recon Marine before his mercenary days with Frenchie DuChamp.

In the comics, Jake Lockley holds what job?

Steven Grant is the billionaire in print, a far cry from the show's gift-shop clerk.

Which cancelled 2006 TV show had planned to introduce Moon Knight in season two?

Marvel then partnered with No Equal Entertainment on a Moon Knight show that never got made.

What Emmy classification did Disney ultimately use for Moon Knight?

A deleted tweet calling the finale a 'season finale' briefly threatened its eligibility.