Moon Knight originally included several MCU crossovers

Moon Knight concluded yesterday after six episodes and it accomplished something relatively rare in the Marvel Cinematic Universe these days — there were very few references to the MCU and no crossover cameos. However, that wasn’t always the case.

While speaking with Variety, Moon Knight director Mohamed Diab said that there were originally several MCU crossovers planned before they decided they didn’t need them.

I want to tell you the very first scene, there was a crossover, and the very end scene, there was a crossover. But as the story developed and we kept changing the scripts, we felt like, “We don’t need that.” All of us. It was a collective decision. And then I kept thinking: It’s a rule. There has to be a scene at the end that connects us to the MCU. But I think they decided, “You know what, the surprise is that there isn’t, and what’s going to make this show unique is it doesn’t need anything else.” The best compliment we get on the show is when people tell us, “This doesn’t feel like a Marvel show. It feels like a standalone show that feels more dramatic, more dark, grounded.” I feel like we succeeded in bringing Marvel more to our corner.

Although Moon Knight was billed as a limited series, the finale obviously left room for more. Mohamed Diab thinks that Moon Knight is here to stay and that Marvel will use the character again, but as for a second season, he doesn’t know. “I’m kept in the dark. I have no clue,” Diab said. “Maybe it’s going to be a film. Maybe it’s going to be a journey like what happened with ‘WandaVision.’ I wish one day, if there is an expansion, I would be a part of it. We ended in a way that feels like a beginning. You see Mark and Steven becoming a new dynamic, the two of them in one body. We see Jake. You see the Scarlet Scarab, who could be a superhero or not. Very interesting stuff.“

The official synopsis for Moon Knight:

The series follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.

All six episodes of Moon Knight are now streaming on Disney+.