Warning: This article contains spoilers for theMoon Knightseason finale.
Sometimes there are more than two sides to the moon.
It was a seemingly happy ending for them both at least until the credits started to roll.
Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke in ‘Moon Knight’.Marvel Studios
That alter’s name is Jake Lockley, and he’s considerably more dangerous than either of the others.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Let’s start at the end, with the Jake Lockley reveal.
What was it about the idea of this third alter that excited you?
GRANT CURTIS:Well, it’s one of the major components of the comic book.
It really became a two-hander between Marc Spector and Steven Grant.
That makes sense: Jake is sort of this shadow looming over the whole show.
Jake is present from episode 1, but we finally see him at the end of episode 6.
It created a tag that I think really encapsulated the show as a whole.
Was that something that was important to Oscar Isaac?
It was all Oscar.
That was not on the page.
Oscar brought so many narrative elements to this show, both in front of the camera and behind.
The finale also introduces Layla as a new hero, the Scarlet Scarab.
What was it about the idea of having Layla take on a superhero role that you found exciting?
Part of that superhero’s backstory really came into alignment nicely with the Scarlet Scarab from the comics.
So we merged the two.
Honestly, it’s all because of May.
It’s because of her that the Scarlet Scarab is a really cool addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The finale wraps up much of this story, but there are also a lot of loose ends.
Why did you choose that intentional ambiguity?
The comics don’t wrap everything up.
That’s an aspect of the comic that we really gravitated toward, from day one.
We wrap up the narrative but don’t wrap up everything in a bow.
There are journeys ahead.
I don’t know where those journeys are or where they’ll come into fruition.
But I hope that our series is a reflection of the IP that’s been popular for 50 years.
I sincerely don’t know.
People want to see more of him.
In that aspect, I’m a fan, and I’ll buy a ticket.
But I do not know!
One of the things that’s interesting aboutMoon Knightis that it’s mostly unconnected to the larger MCU.
There are references here and there, but there are no big cameos or anything.
Was that an intentional decision to keep this show mostly self-contained?
You know, it wasn’t intentional at first.
It’s character, character, character, first and foremost.
That’s where the connectivity faded away.
