Like Ronon Dex, the character he plays on Stargate Atlantis, Jason Momoa is tall, muscular, and imposing. Unlike the stoic Ronon, however, Momoa is loud, boisterous, and larger than life. He’s the kind of actor that makes sure people know when he’s entered the room, and when he takes to the Daedalus set where interviews with press are being conducted, his voice booms through the hallways.
The day before we saw Momoa in his car, a ’50s-era pink Cadillac he purchased in Santa Barbara and drove to Vancouver in a winding road trio. “She’s called Lulu. Honolulu. Did a road trip, Keroac-style, me and a buddy. Got lost. And found Vancouver. Destination: Vancouver. Windy roads. No heater. We froze our asses off.”
CinemaSpy: Both [stunt coordinator] James Bamford and [costume designer] Val Halverson mentioned how involved you are in idea generation for your character. Talk about that.
Jason Momoa: I’m very involved because to me, my process starts with whatever sparks in my head, my imagination of what this character’s going to be. Then, when I get to set, when I first got here, it was so amazing what these women did with my wardrobe. But it starts for me with the wardrobe. Just like stepping into the character. Val, I would think, is annoyed by me because I’m constantly in there about wardrobe. That’s my passion; I’ve got to constantly be creative. There’s always an outlet there for me, whether I’m doing my art or writing or just having an idea. With that shop down there, they can make, distress, build anything, and Ronon is that guy. He’s always been on the run and he makes his clothes and he’s got these imperfections and it wears the scars of him running. He’s like, “I’ve bled in these. This is my home.” That’s what it is, his boots and his clothes. That’s what he’s carried. To me that was very important, wardrobe.
CinemaSpy: That also goes to the physicality of the character? The stunt work you do.
Jason Momoa: The stunt work was interesting because I knew the vision I wanted for the way he would look. But I didn’t know how to do any stunts when I came on. I didn’t do any stunts on any other shows. I didn’t fight. He [Bamford] called me up when I was in Australia and he was like, “Have you done any fights? Do you know karate? What kind of sports do you do?” And I was like, “I’ve been in fights and been beat up.” He had no idea what he was going to get. To me, doing the fight scenes is like dancing. It’s an aggressive, violent dance. Finding the way Ronon moves was basically it. I can’t emulate him [Bamford] but taking that and coming up with ideas about certain moves that Ronon does and his style of fighting we developed together. He’s an amazing coach because I didn’t know how to do anything. If there’s something I don’t like, some things that don’t flow right for me, we change it.
I know that Aquaman’s hair colour has always been important to the comics, so is your hair colour turning blonde at one point? Or..are you planning on dying it or wearing a wig for the movies or..?
As a good-looking guy, did you always get a lot of girls?
Barely. I barely even kissed any girls in high school, man…. It’s true - because their mothers never liked me. I had some girls who were friends, but I didn’t date many people. I wasn’t very big with girls. I had some problems of my own. I just wanted to get the hell out of there. I was a virgin until I met my wife. Well, that’s what my wife just told me to say.
Jason Momoa Inked Q+A August 2011: Photography by Christopher Beyer
Jason Momoa is huge! He's 1.93 metres tall, and built like a medieval warrior/comic superhero/Conan the Barbarian — yep we're just listing roles he's played, but you get our point. Despite all his hulking manliness, he's also totally adorable. Seriously, his smile makes us want to melt into a puddle of happiness! The 35-year-old Hawaiian native will soon don the green tights of Aquaman for a new film (something we're a little too excited about) — until then, see Jason's dance of slow seduction as it unfolded . . .
First he was all crazy warlord violent and we were a little scared.
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GoT will do that to you, though.
But then he got real sexy.
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Hello, Khal Drogo. The sex life of these two was a plot line in itself!
And a bit sassy.
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Drogo and Khaleesi were just so darn cute.
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Ah, relationship goals! Emilia and Jason clearly adore each other IRL too.
But then Drogo died and it was hard to take.
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By then he was like, our favourite part!
So we started looking for Jason elsewhere …
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Turned out he’s uber adorable when he laughs.
He does this little tongue flick when he talks.
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And we got a little flustered.
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He does a whole lot of other super sexy facial expressions too …
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Eyebrows? Sexy.
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Shrug? Sexy.
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Awkward face? Sexy.
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Wink? Sexy.
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Slow smile? Sexy.
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Flirty smile? Sexy.
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Speaking smiles? Yep, he does them super sexily too.
Then he started answering interview questions like this …
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