Ethan Hawke Addresses if Arthur Harrow is Dead (Exclusive) Moon Knight

 Ethan Hawke Addresses if Arthur Harrow is Dead (Exclusive) Moon Knight

 


Ethan Hawke played antagonist Arthur Harrow, Khonshu's previous champion, in Disney+'s Moon Knight. The foil to the multiple personalities of Marc Spector/Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) in the show, it seemed Harrow met his final fate in the show's finale when Harrow met Moon Knight's previously unrevealed third personality, Jake Lockley, who promptly shot Harrow four times. You might think that puts a definitive end to Harrow's time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but we are dealing with a television show where the main protagonist was resurrected by an Egyptian god. Could the same fate await Harrow?


ComicBook.com's Chris Killian had the chance to talk to Hawke about his new horror movie The Black Phone. During the conversation, Killian asked if Harrow is really dead. Like, for real. Hawke could say much but did tease that Harrow "Sure doesn't seem dead to me."


Marvel billed Moon Knight as a limited series, though the character is expected to appear in another Marvel Studios production. However, the creatives involved, including Hawke, have said previously that they might be interested in continuing the story in a second season of the show.


"The good news is that it's possibly both," Hawke told IGN ahead of Moon Knight's premiere in March. "It lives and breathes on its own merits, it functions as a limited series -- and if people are engaged and excited by it then it could be the origin story of a larger thing."


Speaking to ComicBook.com ahead of the premiere, Hawke explained some of the motivations behind his cult-leader-like villain. "I think he views himself as a real apostle of the Goddess Ammit, and that he's here to heal the world, and rid it of sinners, and it's gonna be a violent time, but the peace, and the beauty that will come when all these sinners are gone, it's gonna be worth it," Hawke said.

 "I think a lot of us feel that there's some part of, if you have any belief system that is strong enough, it gives you direction," he continued "A lot of us are lost, and we don't have direction, and we long for a sense of purpose, and a belief system can really give that to you, and I think he's just doubled down on his goddess, and he doesn't think in nuance, he's absolutely uncompromising in how he thinks, 'cause his dedication to this goddess is so complete. So in a way he's very simple."


Moon Knight is streaming now on Disney+. The Black Phone opens in theaters on June 24th.

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Moon Knight Fan Discovers Thor & Black Panther Easter Eggs In Episode 1

Moon Knight Fan Discovers Thor & Black Panther Easter Eggs In Episode 1


Through two episodes, Moon Knight has honored executive producer Grant Curtis' claim that the series has "no attachment" to the current Marvel Cinematic Universe. Not only is Oscar Isaac's titular character a Marvel Studios rookie, but his supporting cast are also strangers to this decade-plus franchise. While familiar faces have yet to pop up, Moon Knight has planted subtle references to the world around it.

Trailer footage for the series showcased a double-decker bus with a "Global Repatriation Council" advertisement, the same organization that managed displaced Blip refugees in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. While this GRC reference is the only blatant allusion to the greater MCU, there are plenty of implied ties to upcoming projects like Fantastic Four and Thor: Love and Thunder scattered across the first two episodes.

Even a week removed, new Easter eggs are still being uncovered from that first Moon Knight episode.
Moon Knight's History Lessons

Steven Grant has enrolled himself in MCU 101.

As shared on Facebook by Marvel Thailand Fanpage, Moon Knight Episode 1 features two notable books on Grant's desk.



While he is perusing an Egyptian mythology text, publications titled "What's Old is New Again: Asgard" and "History of Wakanda" can be spotted among the clutter, making reference to the homes of Thor and Black Panther.



As Vision noted in Captain America: Civil War, the "number of known enhanced persons has grown exponentially" since Tony Stark revealed himself as Iron Man. The armored identity becoming common knowledge set off a domino effect that altered the very fabric of the world around the MCU.

Someone like Thor "was a myth" before Peter Parker began studying him "in physics class." Speaking of the God of Thunder, he himself explained the evolution of humanity best in his debut appearance:


“Your ancestors called it magic, but you call it science. I come from a land where they are one and the same.”

Grant reading up on Asgardian and Wakandan "history" books exemplifies everything Marvel Studios has set in motion since 2008. The MCU is the "world outside your window" in that it repurposes actual cities and western iconography, but it is not a mirror image of real life. That said, acclimating the lore behind Black Panther and Thor's home nations into its history books is an accurate reflection on how the real world would respond to such fantastical revelations.
Thor 4 Connections?

Including these texts feels more like a nod to the greater MCU rather than a seed Moon Knight intends to sprout before the series concludes. Nevertheless, the most recent episode did lay out a potential tie to Thor: Love and Thunder, making this Asgardian history book's placement feel less coincidental.

The title of the aforementioned book, along with it being a hardcover copy, alludes to it being a recent release too. "What's Old is New Again" is a reference to New Asgard, the city in Norway where homeless Asgardians made their haven. Grant is a distant 1,132 miles from Norway, but considering how far his dissociative identity disorder glitches take him, no destination is out of question.

Moon Knight premieres new episodes every Wednesday on Disney+.
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