“It was a disgrace for us.”
With Disney+‘sMoon Knight, director Mohamed Diab brings much-deserved representation of ancient Egyptian mythology to the Marvel Universe.
“You had a sheik that doesn’t make any sense to us.
Gal Gadot as Diana Prince and Chris Pine as Steve Trevor in ‘Wonder Woman 1984.'.Clay Enos/Warner Bros.
Egypt looked like a country from the Middle Ages.
It looked like the desert.”
“You never see Cairo.
“This really angers us.”
He then explained how his frustration fueled him when he was pitchingMoon Knight.
“It’s always exotic we call it ‘orientalism.’
“It’s part of the show because it’s part of the comic book.
It’s part of how he gets his powers.
It’s ingrained in it,” he said.
Moon Knightpremieres March 30 on Disney+.
