Throughout the entirety of his run on “Survivor 49” castaway Nate Moore was not only trying to win the title of “Sole Survivor” – and the $1 million grand prize that comes with it – but also to keep his history as a former Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) executive producer hidden from the rest of his tribemates.
While Moore was able to remain tight-lipped about his pre-”Survivor” success in the superhero film industry, he’s now reporting that he regrets his decision after his blindside Episode 7 elimination landed him a one-way ticket to the Jury.
Nate Moore Opens Up About His Blindside Merge Elimination
Nate Moore became the eighth player voted out of “Survivor 49” on Wednesday, November 5 after the Merge – and Jeff Probst’s hint that spots on the upcoming “Survivor 50” were “still up for grabs” – led the season’s 11 remaining castaways to play the game harder, faster and more deceptively than they had in pre-Merge portion of the game.
Unfortunately for Nate, as tribal lines blurred, his former Uli allies Jawan Pitts and Sage Ahrens-Nichols flipped the script, joining forces with the core Hina alliance. In the end, it was his name scrawled across six pieces of parchment at the first post-Merge Tribal Council ceremony of the season.
CBSNate Moore
“It feels a little out-of-body,” said Nate, opening up about his reaction to the blindside elimination in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “I’ve seen every episode of the show… You go, ‘If that were to happen, here’s what I would do.’ Instead, I was like, ‘Where’s my torch?’ You’re thinking about it almost as if you’re controlling an avatar in a video game. ‘I have to go get my torch. I have to walk over here. I have kids. I can’t say anything crazy. I have to just take it on the chin and be a good sport.’ But the emotional part of your head is like, ‘Screw these guys. I’m so mad.’”
“Then you walk down this really long path and have to give your final words, and you’re so exhausted,” Moore continued. “It feels like you were on a rollercoaster, and it didn’t just pull in. It just stopped halfway. Then you’re like ‘What do I do now?’ You don’t know what to do with yourself. It’s incredibly surreal, and I’m not sure I was 100 percent there.”
Nate Admits He Regrets Not Revealing His Marvel Studios Past
After his elimination, Moore similarly opened up about his biggest regrets from the game, namely the fact that he kept his history as a former MCU executive producer a secret from his fellow castaways.
“My thinking was that I did not think anybody would give me $1 million if I told them my job,” Nate explained to THR. “To be quite honest, whenever I say I’m a producer, part of me goes, ‘Ugh,’ because there can be such a negative connotation. So I didn’t [tell anyone].”
In hindsight, however, Nate said he regrets not being straightforward about his career, explaining that it could have helped him make instant connections with castaways like Rizo Velovic, Steven Ramm and Jawan Pitts, all of whom openly discussed their love of Marvel and the MCU on Season 49.
GettyNate Moore attends the World Premiere of Marvel Studios’ “Captain America: Brave New World”
“Would it have been different if I was just honest?” Moore asked himself. “Would that have been free connective tissue for the Rizos and the Jawans and the Stevens of the world who loved Marvel movies, since I made a bunch of them?”
In addition to producing both films in the MCU’s “Black Panther” franchise, Moore similarly lent his talents to feature projects including “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Captain America: Civil War,” “Captain America: Brave New World” and “Eternals.”
While Moore left his post as the Vice President of Production & Development at Marvel Studios earlier this year, he is similarly set to return as a producer for the third installment of the “Black Panther” trilogy.
“Part of me is kicking myself,” said Nate, lamenting not being honest about his career with his tribemates. “Especially because I did struggle to find connective points with a lot of people…But I didn’t tell anybody until well after the game.”
While Nate Moore is no longer in with a shot to win the million this season, the castaway will continue to appear in future episodes as the first member of the jury, and will help to determine which of the eventual final three castaways is most deserving of the title of “Sole Survivor” later this fall.
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