A British Person’s Review of Oscar Isaac’sMoon KnightAccent

Moon Knightis a serial that goes to somerather abyssal placesfor a Marvel goggle box show . It ’s dreary and more mysterious than perhaps anything since thestudio ’s Netflix endeavors . It , with rather considerable restraint , opt not to constantly cite its place in Marvel Cinematic Universe . Perhaps most abysmal of all , however , is that it asks you to believe that Oscar Isaac can deliver a convincing English accent .

Moon Knight ’s premier episode , “ The Goldfish Problem , ” largely focuses on introducing us to one of the two decided personality Isaac plays in the series : Steven Grant , a mild - mannered , geeky gift shop clerk at … well , one of London ’s major museums , it ’s punishing to say which given the show ’s grasp of the metropolis ’s geographyis quite discreet . That matters less though here . What we ’re interested in is not the truth of Moon Knight ’s localisation work , but just how convincingly Isaac can pull off a London accent .

As io9 ’s occupant speaker of the Queen ’s English — aka a lot ofnigh - on incomprehensible folderal — it falls on me to be judge and panel , for after years of the inverse in the MCU , where British thespian like Benedict Cumberbatch , Charlie Cox , and Tom Holland cabbage American heroes and their accents like British Imperialism is still alive and well , at last we have a famous instance of someone attempting to purloin one of ours . come into the series , Iwas admittedly hesitant . It did n’t help that Marvel basically shaped most of its Moon Knight marketing out of a single read from Isaac ’s Steven , “ I ca n’t tell the difference between my waking life history and pipe dream , ” delivered so scenery - chewingly that Dick Van Dyke would go and dig a grave just to go embark on spinning in it .

Steven checks something on his mysterious mobile.

Steven checks something on his mysterious mobile.Image: Marvel Studios

Thankfully , in the large context of use of the series , Isaac ’s speech pattern bring rather charmingly , and not just because it ’s coming out ofOscar Isaac ’s mouth . The hyperbole gives Steven the sort of bollix part that transforms the serial into something of an oddball buddy clowning where Isaac toy both sides of the dyad , a sharp demarcation to the little snippets of Marc Spector we get in the first episode . But in spite of that exaggeration , there is something that feels real about Steven ’s lilt and twangs . The moments when he litters his dialogue with a fooling input like “ laters gators”—which , frankly , I ’ve in person never heard anyone say before , but it go in the ballpark of the sorting of random rhyming slang you ’d expect from the English — are adorable . Perhaps most accurately and weirdly the most adorable of it all , is just the sheer amount of casual swearing that Isaac peppers his dialogue with . From an “ Oh bollocks ! ” or “ Bloody ‘ ell ! ” here , to calling himself a bit of a node when dressing for a dinner party date there , in a ocean of exaggerated Britishism it ’s the lackadaisical approach to swooning cursing that feels most British of all here . You just do n’t get that with other Marvel heroes , and frankly , it ’ll be a pity to loose some of that whenever Moon Knight does incur himself ensnarl more deeply with the wider MCU connective tissue .

I ’m not going to try and make some profound , sweeping statement here , a la-di-da attempt to project Isaac ’s accent study as particularly incisive or thematically fundamental to Moon Knight ’s school text . In the end , it ’s still quite silly , and that works mostly because , well , have you heard us Brits ? We all vocalize a bit light-headed . try that speculate back at you by one of the most openhanded man on the major planet as the latest in Marvel ’s ever - growing van of streaming superheroes does n’t have to be more than that . And that ’s expert , innit ?

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