Moon Knight's Arthur Harrow was rewritten after Oscar Isaac brought Ethan Hawke on the project; Find out why

Moon Knight's writers modified the character Arthur Harrow after Ethan Hawke came on the project

By Pinkvilla Desk

Updated on Apr 17, 2022 | 09:23 PM IST | 478K

Moon Knight premiered its first episode on March 30.

Moon Knight's villain Arthur Harrow was modified after Ethan Hawke caught the head writer Jeremy Slater's eye. The Oscar-nominated actor stars alongside Oscar Isaac in the blockbuster Marvel series. Hawke essays the role of a cult leader who is set on unleashing the Egyptian god Ammit's justice on the world. Formerly, Harrow was also an avatar of Khonshu, the moon god who now works with Oscar Isaac's Marc Spector.

In an interview with Marvel, via Comicbook, Slater shared how his vision for the character transformed after a chance meeting with Ethan Hawke. "I pitched and wrote a draft where he was much [older],'" revealed the head writer. He went on to disclose, "In that version, it was very much someone looking at their own mortality, reaching the end of the road, being terrified of that, and desperate to do anything to capture it." He then shared that when Isaac informed the crew that he could get Hawke for the role, "We quickly abandoned the idea of an older Harrow because when you get a chance to get Ethan Hawke, you take it."

As for Hawke's take on the role, Slater noted that the Before Sunrise actor approached the role of the villain with "a really fascinating take." The writer mentioned that Hawke had a bunch of ideas about the things he was yet to try in his career and also the things he could bring out in the character. Hawke in a chat with the outlet once revealed that this Marvel villain was "one of the simplest, most organic things that has ever happened to me in my career."

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