Jason Momoa | Explain This
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00:00 Explain what exactly is going on here.
00:02 [LAUGH]
00:04 Well, I'm riding a mountain bike, and it looks like in the nude.
00:10 [MUSIC]
00:12 I was just testing out the shocks.
00:15 Hello everyone, I'm Jason Momoa, and
00:17 Esquire has asked me to explain some things about my life and career.
00:21 Let's dive into it, shall we?
00:23 [MUSIC]
00:28 Is it true you have the fake throat prop from Game of Thrones?
00:31 Have you kept any other props?
00:33 Yeah, I'm a natural born thief, and it's known.
00:36 So they literally put out messages, producers, don't let Momoa take this,
00:40 don't let the props departments.
00:41 Or I become friends with them, and they're like, Jay, we can't give this to you.
00:45 Cuz they're like, I'm like, you're not gonna give it to me.
00:48 And I'll be like, did you see the present I got you that's right over there in that
00:52 corner, and then the thing will just disappear.
00:54 But yes, I like to take the body parts and things that I've used on ripping out of
00:59 people and fighting with, and it has a place on my desk.
01:02 I came up with it, so I mean, it should be mine.
01:04 Jason Momoa says no one knew he spoke English after playing Khal Drogo on
01:08 Game of Thrones.
01:09 I couldn't get a meeting to save my soul after Game of Thrones.
01:12 It wasn't until the third season came out where the show actually caught on, and
01:15 people were playing it back and watching three seasons of it.
01:18 When things started to kick off, that's when Zach called.
01:20 They didn't know what to do with me, and I remember meeting someone.
01:23 I don't really wanna throw them under the bus, but
01:25 he's a famous comedian that I really love.
01:26 And he's like, my God, I didn't know you spoke English.
01:28 And I was like, wow.
01:30 So I did, I was on a TV show called Stargate Atlantis,
01:35 which I mean, you had to be a sci-fi fan to know it.
01:37 And that was the job before I got Drogo.
01:39 So I was kind of a nobody, but had worked for a very long time at that point.
01:44 And what Dorthraki can you still use?
01:46 I don't really, I mean, I can read it, so if I had it, I could do it.
01:48 But I don't really know it offhand, except for her name, which is like,
01:52 Zhejelana Thieriani, something like that, or something grumbly.
01:56 What's your go-to cocktail to make with vodka?
01:59 I really love it neat, but if I had to have a cocktail,
02:02 [MUSIC]
02:04 I'd do the, we call it the Filthy Mamoa, but it's a really dirty martini.
02:08 I'd have the Filthy Mamoa, or there's, I love a Caesar or a Bloody Mary.
02:15 Bloody Maile.
02:16 Which of your characters would you most like to have dinner with and why?
02:21 Who would I like to have dinner with?
02:23 [BLEEP] all those psychos live in me, huh?
02:26 What a trip.
02:27 There's a lot of nut balls in there, man.
02:30 Golly.
02:32 I think Declan Harp would be fun to hang out with.
02:35 Baba Voss.
02:36 I'd actually like to put Baba Voss and Dante together, that'd be pretty fun.
02:39 And maybe throw Miami Man in there.
02:41 That's a good mix.
02:43 God damn, there's some crazy characters in there.
02:47 [MUSIC]
02:50 What do you remember from your acting debut on Baywatch Y?
02:53 Well, I'm a big fan of alcohol, so I deleted all those memories.
02:58 That's not even me, I don't remember that.
03:00 Thanks, Guinness.
03:02 Do you have a go-to karaoke song?
03:05 I try to stay away from karaoke.
03:07 I'm not a very good singer, so I don't have a go-to song.
03:10 I'll tell you the song I would like to sing if I could do karaoke.
03:13 I would like to sing Beck's Deborah.
03:16 I think that would be fun.
03:18 Otherwise, what's that beautiful one by Otis Redding?
03:20 But it was actually sang by Sam Cooke.
03:23 [MUSIC]
03:27 My God.
03:28 [MUSIC]
03:31 See, this is the problem.
03:32 You asked me about Baywatch, I can't even remember,
03:34 God damn, Otis Redding's on right now.
03:37 I can't remember anything Otis Redding.
03:39 How do you describe your approach to personal style?
03:43 That's a good question.
03:44 I don't really know, I just kinda like colors and fabrics maybe.
03:48 And I always get things from different places and friends make them and
03:53 then I just give them to people and then keep them and
03:55 then some people give me things.
03:57 And I don't really have a home, so
03:58 I just kinda these things just kinda move with me.
04:00 Like I've had these pants since high school.
04:02 It's pretty messed up to say that, but
04:03 I'm still wearing the same clothes since I was in high school.
04:06 I'd give you another secret, but it would gross you out.
04:08 Explain the process to getting your eyes and
04:11 character for Aquaman The Lost Kingdom.
04:13 Well, I have this Neanderthal forehead.
04:15 It's a Hawaiian visor, I like to call it.
04:17 And it's very strong and I don't like my eyes touched.
04:21 And so we have to have a couple people pry my head open,
04:24 put these damn things in so I can play the character.
04:27 And they always tell me, you don't need that, you don't need that.
04:28 But I'm like, I need it, I need it for the character.
04:30 But I guess I'm sensitive, I have sensitive eyes.
04:33 Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista develop a buddy cop movie.
04:37 What's your favorite buddy movie of all time?
04:40 Buddy movie of all time.
04:41 My mom raised me on The Sting, I love The Sting.
04:44 But I would say my cheap favorite, must be 80s or 90s movie is Point Break.
04:51 I love Point Break.
04:53 Keanu and Patrick Swayze at his best, so those would be,
04:56 that's probably my favorite.
04:57 What about the development of the buddy cop movie?
05:00 Dave willed it.
05:01 I pitched him an idea.
05:02 Then this guy gets on Instagram, calls out David Leitch, another friend of ours.
05:07 Then the phone's ringing off the hook.
05:09 We audition writers.
05:10 Turns out to be our writer who's on our show.
05:12 He loved it, Jonathan Tropper from Sea.
05:15 And he pitched an amazing story, a continuation of what ours was.
05:18 And we're making it right after Minecraft, so I'm pretty excited.
05:22 Cuz me and Dave have a great time together, and he's a wonderful actor.
05:25 And we're both very big guys, but very sensitive big guys.
05:28 So I think it'll be fun, and it'll be silly.
05:32 Jason Momoa admits he was scared by Dune more than any other film.
05:37 I was surrounded by Josh Brolin, who I look up to very much.
05:41 Javier Bardem, who's the best in my eyes, for me.
05:45 Timothy, Oscar, Isaac.
05:47 So I'm surrounded by everyone.
05:49 I have to deliver all of the sci-fi jargon, which I'm not really known for,
05:53 the one who's gonna deliver those kind of lines.
05:56 So I'm starting to get nervous.
05:56 I'm like, man, I'm fake.
05:58 They're gonna know that I don't know how to do this.
06:00 [LAUGH] And I just got nervous, and I got scared.
06:03 And we pulled it off.
06:06 Danny didn't give me any notes.
06:07 I got through it, but nevertheless, I was pretty scared.
06:11 What's the one thing people can do to protect the oceans?
06:14 Let's just go with simple ones like recycling, staying away from single use
06:18 plastics, cuz they're gonna end up in our land and in our oceans.
06:21 Being responsible and bringing your own container, so
06:24 you don't have to buy plastic, that'd be wonderful.
06:26 Filling up and having refilling stations.
06:28 Riding a bike sometimes to work if you're close enough.
06:31 Start with that.
06:34 If you decided to give acting a break, what would you love to do instead?
06:37 Anything to help the environment, anything to help the planet.
06:39 So I would try to move into environmental work and just,
06:43 I mean, I'm doing everything I can right now.
06:44 So I would wanna work for
06:46 basically helping our planet in many different ways.
06:51 I'm Jason Momoa.
06:52 That's a bit about my life and my career.
06:55 Thank you for watching.
06:55 [MUSIC]