‘Moon Knight': May Calamawy On How Becoming Scarlet Scarab Was ‘A Point of Freedom’ for Her Character – And Herself
08.05.2022 - 00:53
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WARNING: Major spoilers ahead for “Moon Knight” on Disney+“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” isn’t the only Marvel property that introduced fans to a new hero this week. Over on the season finale of “Moon Knight,” Layla El-Faouly made her debut as Scarlet Scarab — and series star May Calamawy is still processing it a bit.“When I first joined this, I laugh about it, because the role description was like ’20s to 30s Egyptian, strong woman, two steps ahead.’ That’s what it was,” Calamawy told TheWrap.
“And I remember telling one of my close friends, I guess I’m just never gonna be a superhero, which is a bummer, because I would have loved to, but it’s fine. I’m happy to just be an Arab woman in the Marvel Universe.”But now, Calamawy is the screen’s first Egyptian superhero.
And according to the actress, becoming Scarlet Scarab marked “a point of freedom” not only for her character but for herself as well. As “Moon Knight” progressed, Calamawy found herself discovering her own voice and her own standing.“I came into it being super intimidated.
There were a lot of men that I was working with, there were much fewer women,” she explained. “And I saw how I didn’t know how to really take the space.
And then by the end of it, the more I allowed myself to just be me and really interrogate the parts of me that were intimidated, and question why, and hold that side of me and just kind of let go, I was able to be more myself and to just come out more and be more free.”Where exactly “Moon Knight” will go from here is still anyone’s guess — but Calamawy has a few ideas of what she’d like to do. Read our extended interview with May Calamawy below.Note: This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.Here we are,
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