Jason Momoa was an unlikely choice to play Aquaman in the Dceu. Beefy, dark-haired and of Polynesian descent, the former Game of Thrones star was not a perfect match for the blond Caucasian superhero from the pages of DC comics. What Momoa’s casting showed though was that Warner Bros. was trying to change the perception of Arthur Curry as the weakest member of the Justice League, whose powers mostly revolved around talking to fish.
Momoa himself was keen to get behind this notion to reinvent the King of Atlantis, too, which is why he was against one particular exchange in 2017’s Justice League. While speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the actor revealed that he lobbied to get a certain section of the movie cut from the theatrical release. Specifically, he didn’t take to the bit of comedy which sees Ben Affleck’s Batman attempt to press his super-friend for...
Momoa himself was keen to get behind this notion to reinvent the King of Atlantis, too, which is why he was against one particular exchange in 2017’s Justice League. While speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the actor revealed that he lobbied to get a certain section of the movie cut from the theatrical release. Specifically, he didn’t take to the bit of comedy which sees Ben Affleck’s Batman attempt to press his super-friend for...
- 6/17/2018
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
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