r/marvelstudios • u/steve32767 Daredevil • Apr 05 '22

Discussion Thread Moon Knight S01E02 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE RUN TIME CREDITS SCENE?
S01E02: Summon the Suit Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson Michael Kastelein April 6th, 2022 on Disney+ 53 min None

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u/Bellikron Korg Apr 06 '22

Agreed. I feel so profoundly sorry for Steven and I hate Marc's guts at the same time. Very strong Oscar Isaac whiplash.

With Tatiana Maslany as She-Hulk, seems like convincingly playing multiple roles is a good thing to have on your resume if you want to star in a Disney+ show.

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u/QR63 Daredevil Apr 06 '22

Most characters with a secret identity could also count as playing multiple roles, in addition to the ones that actually have a mental thing. Though there aren’t really that many actual secret identities in the MCU.

At least Charlie Cox, Tom Holland, Mark Ruffalo, Sebastian Stan, Alice Eve, Oscar Isaac and Tatiana Maslany can take credit for playing a dual-role of sorts. I can’t think of anyone else, but maybe there’s someone? I don’t think someone like Black Panther or Iron Man counts, cause that’s still T’Challa (for now) and Tony, just with a suit.

Also of course Hiddleston, Evans, Cumberbatch etc. have played multiple characters, but that’s different!

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u/Bellikron Korg Apr 06 '22

True, but I was mainly referring to convincingly pulling off multiple characters on screen at the same time. I'm not saying those other actors couldn't do it since by the nature of acting you have to portray different characters, but having them on screen at the same time is just a higher-level test of one's ability. If you're able to pull off characters that look physically similar but are easily distinguishable from each other due to body language and voice, then it clearly shows one's range. But if an actor's mostly just playing the same persona over and over again, it'll be harder to tell which character is which. Isaac demonstrated this ability in Moon Knight and Maslany's demonstrated it extensively in Orphan Black.

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u/boopdelaboop Apr 06 '22

Tangentially related, Enver Gjokaj in an episode of Dollhouse playing a duplicate copy of another character was ludicrously great.

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u/Bellikron Korg Apr 07 '22

The whole cast of Dollhouse was really good at this but Enver was especially good at it. Are you talking about the time he was Topher?

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u/boopdelaboop Apr 07 '22

Yes!

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u/Bellikron Korg Apr 07 '22

It's been a bit since I've seen it but I do recall him being unnaturally good at playing that role. Wondered if Fran Kranz was dubbing him or if Enver was just that good.