The ‘Dune’ and ‘Moon Knight’ star made his ‘SNL’ hosting debut talking about the first film he ever starred in, when he was just 10 years old.
TV & Movies “The first movie I was in was called The Avenger.” Kicking off the night of Saturday Night Live ’s March 5 episode was the Moon Knight himself: Oscar Isaac. During Oscar Isaac’s SNL monologue, the actor talked about his excitement around being cast as a superhero in Disney’s ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe. “It’s kind of a full circle moment because the first movie I was ever in was called The Avenger… which is a movie I wrote, directed, and starred in when I was 10 years old,” he joked, referencing the MCU’s 2012 Avengers film. “It was shot on vacation in my buddy’s backyard in our hometown of Miami, Florida. I played a ninja assassin training to find his nemesis.” Isaac then showed actual footage of the film, which featured him doing martial arts — or at least, trying to — and slowly karate-chopping a very thin piece of wood. “Arguably better than the real Avengers,” he said, and added that compared to the actual Marvel film, his was made for “half the budget, only $110 million,” he said.
