Ethan Hawke says his Moon Knight character's introduction was his idea

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"That [scene] really sprang out of my imagination"

Ethan Hawke as Arthur Harrow in Moon Knight
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Ethan Hawke has revealed that his Moon Knight character's opening scene was his idea. 

Hawke plays the antagonist of the Marvel series, cult leader Arthur Harrow. The very first scene in episode 1 introduces us to him, and we see Harrow break a glass with his cane before putting the shards inside his sandals.

"That [scene] really sprang out of my imagination and our conversations," Hawke told Variety. "When you read a comic book, some of the pages have eight drawings, some of them have 16, some have four, and then every now and then, they'll give like the villain one full-page drawing. I kept asking the writers and directors, if it was a comic book, what would his full-page drawing be? And they were like, 'What do you think it was?' 

However, Hawke confirmed that he didn't opt for a method approach to this scene: "It's just candy glass – it turns to sand pretty quick, so my feet are okay," he added. "I didn't go full Daniel Day-Lewis and cut the bottom of my feet."

Emily Garbutt
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