Oscar Isaac Has Joined the Long List of Actors Who Are Part of the MCU
By George Robbins
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, or MCU, is now a massive worldwide franchise that focuses on the superheroes we all know and love from the Marvel Comics. The comics themselves have been around for many years now and even though the MCU only began back in 2008, superhero movies have been around far longer than that. Studios have been working on superhero films for years, but they could never quite land a solid hit with their films. Some films have become popular over the years with Sony’s ‘Spider-Man‘ in 2002 and Fox’s ‘X-Men‘ in 1999 being ranked as some of the best Marvel films outside of the MCU. That being said, there have not really been any Marvel films outside of the MCU that have done well with audiences.
After the start of the MCU, audiences discovered that there could actually be good shared universes for superhero movies. No longer would there be standalone superhero films where nothing of true consequence ends up happening. While the sequels for the aforementioned films played off the consequences of their original films, it is more interesting now to see how other heroes play off of another heroes consequences. Needless to say, the MCU has managed to mold together a universe where it is possible for us to see characters get their own stories while simultaneously sharing a universe with other heroes that have their own stories nearly flawlessly. There are some plot holes that have arisen over time, but fans have managed to largely overlook them as the MCU continues to deliver pretty strong stories.
Even if the stories begin to feel a little copy and paste in the long run, the stories themselves are unique to each character and show how they deal with their own problems. Not to mention, the interweaving of various characters’ stories is becoming more and more regular in the MCU which makes it possible for more interesting stories to be told. This makes it all more interesting in the long run with many new MCU films playing off of these dynamics that occur as a result. Multiple personalities are now able to take to the screen and show us a story that we are sure to remember in the future. Now that the MCU has grown to such massive proportions it has become much more normalized for their to be multiple forms of media involved with it.
While all of the outside content for the MCU has been decidedly turned into alternate canon by Disney, there has really been no show that is a part of the MCU yet. That is, yet, because Disney is now producing a whole slew of shows for the future that are centered around the MCU and will include characters that may end up being official parts of it as time goes on. Even though, in the very near future, we will be seeing shows for characters that we know and already recognize from the films, there will eventually be shows centered around entirely new characters. As Disney has already decided to make other shows non-canon for the MCU timelines, we will likely see new versions of them being produced in the future. In the meantime, however, it seems they are going to focus on characters they have in their films and characters that haven’t been seen yet on screen.
Most recently, we have discovered that they are even working on a character for a new show that many people would not recognize and that is ‘Moon Knight.’ This character is certainly a unique one to turn to when making a new show about a character that has yet to be seen on screen, but it will be fascinating for the same reason. Considering how many people have been a part of the MCU already, it was just a question of who they would get to play the character. Disney did not have to look too far as they found Oscar Issac who is known by Star Wars fans as Poe Dameron in the Sequel Trilogy. Considering how many actors Disney now has at its disposal, it is no surprise that they decided to simply circle back to one of their other casting choices for a previous project to find someone play an MCU character.