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'Moon Knight's authentic portrayal of Cairo makes me happy'
Disney+鈥檚 latest Marvel miniseries Moon Knight premiered last week with Oscar Isaac in the lead role and May Calamawy playing friend and archaeologist Layla El-Faouly.
The pair told 5 Live鈥檚 Must Watch presenter Hayley Campbell that while no scenes were filmed in Egypt, the authenticity of the Cairo sets is something that鈥檚 鈥渘ot really been done before.鈥�
鈥淟ook at Indiana Jones or these different films, it鈥檚 just always off.鈥� said Isaac.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 something that, as an Arab, watching, they鈥檙e going to see that and really appreciate it and it just makes me happy that that鈥檚 available now.鈥� Calamawy added.
This content is originally from Nihal Arthanayake on 4 April 2022.
