May Calamawy explained how she helped bring cultural authenticity to her role in Moon Knight.

Diversity was incredibly important to our writers' room, and Layla was created our very first week."

Lets make it into an Egyptian character and they welcomed that.

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In the Middle East, I find women have such a soft strength to them.

And I was like, How can I bring this to her?

Why should I sit and copy what I think Angelina Jolie would do?

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Every woman I know is a bunch of dichotomies, and I wanted to bring that.

Episode 4 even revealedLayla’s family background a bit more, the dialogue sharing her Egyptian heritage as well.

The first four episodes ofMoon Knightare now streaming on Disney+.

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