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According to a new Esquire cover story, Oscar Isaac said he and Ethan Hawke tripped on mushrooms in between rehearsals for their new show Disney+ series "Moon Knight."
In the cover story for the magazine's current issue, writer Maaza Mengiste describes the two lounging in the sun atop the grass surrounding a lake in Hungary while on a break from rehearsal, presumably recounted from a separate conversation she'd had with Isaac.
"They are tripping on mushrooms, lying in the grass, soaking in the sun. A live Phosphorescent album plays in the background, maybe on somebody's phone," Mengiste writes in part of the closing section of her Isaac profile.
While they tripped in Hungary together, Hawke and Isaac's bond actually began forming back in Brooklyn, New York. "Ethan Hawke lives around the corner from me in Brooklyn," said Isaac at the 3:08 mark of an accompanying video for Esquire's Explain This series.
"When I saw him at this coffee shop I thought he would be perfect and I walked up to him and I told him I was a huge fan of his work," the actor said. Before the end of the conversation, he was asking if Hawke would want "to be the bad guy in a Marvel show."
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In the Esquire cover story, both actors expressed respect for one another's performances. Hawke revealed he was impressed with Isaac's commitment to portraying all elements of his character's personalities uniquely.
"There are some actors — and you see them in a Marvel movie, or any big studio movie — and, like, they cashed out," Hawke in an interview for the cover story.
"They got to a certain level of fame and now they're going to make a bunch of money and phone in a performance and they'll get back to what they really love," he continued. "Oscar didn't do that. He worked on both of these characters differently."
Meanwhile. Isaac praised Hawke's decision to bring his all to the role as well.
"He could have easily just walked in and collected a paycheck and been the heavy but he was completely invested in everybody's storyline and the actual story as a whole," he said.
"And to have somebody that was that dedicated and that willing to bring everything he has to the table was amazing," he added.
"Moon Knight" is now streaming on Disney +.
