Before the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, actor Oscar Isaac (Dune, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) said that he would be taking a break from acting. However, he joined Dune and other projects shortly after. He then got the opportunity for Moon Knight where he was initially hesitant on taking the role, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

After taking a look at the Steven Grant character, Isaac was intrigued by the museum gift shop clerk who discovers he has Disassociative Identity Disorder and shares a body with a former mercenary possessed by an Egyptian moon god.

“I had so much hesitation. So much,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “I was like, ‘I just finally got out of a long time of being a part of the Star Wars universe,’ which I loved doing, but it definitely took up a lot of my time. So I was excited to get back to more character studies and smaller films. But this came my way, and my instinct at first was like, ‘This is probably not the right thing to do.’ But there was just something about the Steven character that was speaking to me a little bit.”

To become his own scene partner, Isaac said that he had to reach out to his brother and fellow actor Michael Hernandez (Triple Fronteir). Michael would play the character Isaac wasn’t playing during scenes. “So, sometimes, I’d have to arrive on set and decide which character I wanted to play first,” he continued. “And I’d rehearse it as that character, and then I’d play the other character and give notes to my brother. And then I’d figure out the blocking, the energy, all of that stuff, and make those decisions before cameras rolled, which is tough. Usually, as an actor, the thing that you really look forward to is the unexpected. That’s how you find spontaneity. So that was one of the big technical challenges of the show.”

Isaac spoke more about his role as Steven in Moon Knight and how he took on the role directly after other roles. To read the rest of the interview, click here.

Moon Knight premieres March 30, exclusively on Disney+.