I have to admit that I had lost hope, but the trailer for 'Caballero Luna' that we were able to see a few days ago, with its peculiar tonal commitment that seems to embrace the canons of terror and its fantastic main cast, has managed to reawaken my interest in a Marvel Cinematic Universe that didn't seem to have much to offer me today.
The pressure of the comic
While we wait for its premiere on Disney +, set for March 30, the series team is already immersed in its promotional campaign; including Ethan Hawke who will debut in superhero productions putting himself in the shoes of the villain of the role Arthur Harrow. But what has kept the actor away from capes, masks, and superpowers for so long?
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Hawke shed some light on the matter, clarifying that the last boost he needed to leap comic book adaptations was Oscar Isaac's presence on the project.
"The world of comics meant a lot to me when I was young... I was always a bit apprehensive. There's a certain kind of actor who stands out in that universe, and I'm not sure I'm one of them. But then Oscar asked me, and I have a lot of respect for him. I knew that if I got on the project, I was going to give it my all, and it's fun to do any genre with people who give it their all. Mohamed Diab is a very special director, I love his films. So everything revolved around the project, it wasn't an intellectual decision at all, it was like, 'Oh, let's do something cool with these guys.'"
In addition, the actor has spoken about the benefits of working with original material that is less established among the general public such as 'Caballero Luna', going so far as to compare giving life to a front-line superhero with playing Hamlet himself.
"The more I learned about Moon Knight, the more excited I became because it's so much better than trying to create something the audience is already familiar with. If you do Batman, Superman, or Hulk, any of the famous ones, the fans are going to have a lot of things." preconceived ideas about what they want. It's like playing Hamlet. Ninety percent of people have an opinion about how Hamlet should be played. I love doing Shakespeare in front of students because they're so familiar. They don't see that Patrick Stewart did it much better than you. They just accept how you've done it. And with 'Moon Knight' we can create a world and a character."
The truth is that his words are much more coherent than they might seem at first glance.
