Jason Momoa Has Some Choice Words For His Conan The Barbarian Movie
As one of the better parts of the DCEU, Jason Momoa is currently at the peak of his powers with bothAquaman and the Lost Kingdom and Fast X coming out next year. However, the actor has no problem remembering his less successful experiences, such as Conan the Barbarian, which he defined as a “big pile of shit.”
Momoa, who last year enjoyed a couple of successful roles in Zack Snyder's Justice League and Dune, recently discussed this and other aspects of his career in an interview where the actor talked of leaving behind that image of the towering brute that is frequently associated with him. That is because despite becoming a household name thanks to his roles in Stargate Atlantis and Game of Thrones, Momoa's interests and talents go far beyond that, with him being a musician and filmmaker as well.
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That fame has also given him the possibility to chime in on how certain projects eventually turn out, a topic that he touched upon with GQ when addressing his 2011 lead role in Conan the Barbarian, a movie that’s definitely not remembered as fondly as the ones starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. «I’ve been a part of a lot of things that really sucked, and movies where it’s out of your hands,” he said. “Conan [the Barbarian] was one of them. It’s one of the best experiences I had and it [was] taken over and turned into a big pile of shit.»
One example of Momoa's upcoming work that he hopes avoids such a fate is The Last Manhunt, a film he’s set to star in whose rights were sold by Momoa and his fellow co-writer Thomas Pa'a Sibbett. There's also Chief of War, an Apple TV series where he’s also credited as a writer. For now, the Momoa movie that is the closest to premiering would be
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