Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson talk openly about the crazy ending of the chapter that has left us speechless
If you have already seen the fourth chapter of ‘Moon Knight’, you will still be open-mouthed. The episode has a crazy and disconcerting final part, which makes us rethink everything we’ve seen so far, and opens up a world of possibilities from now on. But if you haven’t seen it yet, watch out. Let’s get into…
SPOILERS OF ‘MOON KNIGHT’ CHAPTER 4
In his race to find Ammit’s grave, Marc Spector / Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) and Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) they have a confrontation next to the sarcophagus of what appears to be Alexander the Great himself. Harrow shoots Marc in the chest twice, and he seems to drop dead… But from here, madness.
Suddenly, Marc wakes up to find himself not in a tomb in Egypt, but in… a psychiatric hospital! Here, Marc is not an adventurer but a mental patient. Locked away in this hospital, he is surrounded by familiar faces: Layla (May Calamawy) is a patient with a passion for bingo, while Harrow is the head doctor of the facility, sporting a beige sweater and charming mustache. Around Marc are objects that seem to hint that all of his experiences have only been inside his head.: the Canopic jars in Harrow’s office, the goldfish floating in a bowl, the Moon Knight action figure you’ve been clutching in your hand… Even a VHS tape of adventures that replays over and over in the television, whose protagonist is called… Steven Grant.
When Marc, disoriented and sedated, tries to flee, finally, stumbles upon a sarcophagus and there finds the real Steven imprisoned. Both alter ego they hug, as they finally meet in person and, when they try to run away, they collide head-on with a goddess with the head of a hippopotamus. And boom. End. Wait a week.
What does this mean? Has everything that has happened in the series so far been Marc’s wishful thinking? Was nothing real?
There are only 2 chapters left to put an end to the first season of the Marvel series, and the directors Aaron Moorehead and Justin Benson (who also took care of several chapters of ‘Loki‘) have granted an interview to ew to clarify some unknowns of the series. Without revealing too much, of course.
“The ending of episode 4 is actually a gift from the script. It arose from wanting to do the least expected and completely disorient the audience, while being completely faithful to the character that we have built over four episodes.. Also to comics: there is a ‘Moon Knight’ series written by Jeff Lemirewith illustrations by Greg Smallwoodand it has a similar plot and feel to what happens at the end of episode 4. So we’re really happy to be able to honor the original comics, it was what we were most drawn to when we were trying to figure out ‘Moon Knight.'” Moorhead says.
On the final meeting between Marc, Steven and the hippo goddess, Benson comments, “It was really interesting from a technical standpoint. The way we shot that is there are three performers screaming in that scene, but there were never two people together. We had someone pretending to be a hippo, screaming to himself. Then we had Oscar Isaac as Marc, screaming to himself. Then we had Oscar Isaac as Steven, screaming to himself. None of those people were together. It’s like a scream opera.”
The entire sequence in the psychiatric hospital is disturbing, changing the tone of adventures that the chapter had up to that point. On this, Benson explains: “We have a general philosophy in the scenes where we try to unsettle or fill people with dread: slow is creepy, fast is exciting. Obviously, what’s more exciting than being scared?“.
“Obviously it’s not a visceral scene. It’s not kinetic, it shouldn’t move fast. It should feel surreal. It should feel like Steven/Marc’s point of view at the time. That’s where I think over a decade of our previous movies really came in handy. We had that toolbox to do those kinds of stories, which make you feel full of fear and trepidation,” adds Moorhead.
But we still have the best, as the filmmakers advance: “I think if you were surprised by episode 4, prepare to do it again with episodes 5 and 6. I know that sounds like a catchphrase, but I promise you that’s really the case.”
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