FROM BILLIONAIRE PLAYBOYS TO bespectacled journos, high school geeks to blind lawyers, secret identities are at the heart of superhero mythology. Now imagine a hero whose true identity is truly secret – even to himself. Or should that be himselves? Summon an analyst, this might get complicated.
“It’s a fresh take on a fresh character,” says Mohamed Diab, lead director on Moon Knight, the series that brings Marvel’s psychologically-fractured avenger to the screen. “I come from a background of very intimate films. I wouldn’t connect with this character if there wasn’t anything new, and I felt the idea of a superhero who has DID – dissociative identity disorder – was super-interesting.
“Jeremy Slater, our head writer, decided to show the story through the eyes of a normal person who realises that he’s a different character, which is a superhero. Wow. Such a take. I love that take.”
Never quite ascending to the upper tier of icon hood, where your noble face is plastered on beach towels and lunch boxes, Moon Knight has remained a cult fave since his comic book debut in 1975. Such stealth status suits a hero who operates in the shadows – and, as Diab admits, eased some of the pressure of translating him to TV.
“Being someone who didn’t know anything about the character beforehand added something good. There’s no pressure as a fan to say, ‘You know what, I need to get everything that people know about the character inside [the series]’. We had to pick and choose whatever was good for the story.
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Making Alien - Jaws in Space - Forty-five years on from its original release, Alien continues to terrify. We dissect what arguably remains the most chilling instalment in the saga
The seven-strong crew of the commercial mining spacecraft the Nostromo seal their fate after reluctantly responding to a mysterious distress signal on a hostile planet. Here, a face-hugging alien from a derelict ship impregnates and later kills executive officer Kane (John Hurt) after its offspring is birthed onboard. After being unleashed, the fearsome newborn with acid for blood proceeds to dispatch the remainder of the crew.Ridley Scott's much more convoluted prequels have yet to reveal how the knowledge that led to this initial interception was acquired. However, the premise of the original Alien is perfect in its uncomplicated purity.
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