Jason Momoa has graced the quilt of the brand new problem Men’s Health journal, flexing his appreciable muscle mass in a photograph shoot.
And that’s solely the tease – the images inside characteristic the Aquaman star sweating and lifting a kettle bell, accentuating his ripped determine.
The actor is at present in New Zealand filming Chief of War, a ardour venture he’s making for Apple TV+. He co-wrote and co-directed the present’s 9 episodes, which can inform the story of a Hawaiian warrior chief within the late 1700s.
He informed Men’s Health he thought of Chief of War his Braveheart or Dances of Wolves.
And whereas he now has the facility and affect to get this venture greenlit, it wasn’t all the time the way in which.
“Now it’s wonderful, because it wasn’t handed to me,” he mentioned. “It was a very, very, very hard road. For a good 20 years, no one knew who I was. I worked on TV shows and wanted to be on something better.
“I never thought it would be this big. It’s the hardest, most challenging, most demanding thing I’ve ever done. It’s the last big dream I have left. Everything else is just kind of ‘actor for hire’ but this is my homage to my people. We have so many beautiful stories in Hawaii that no one knows about.
“All I care about is just doing right by my people.”
Momoa remains to be in his purple patch with a number of initiatives popping out quickly. Next week, he’ll be in Fast X, the following instalment within the Fast and the Furious franchise. He’s enjoying a personality out for revenge in opposition to the protagonists, who he holds chargeable for his father’s demise.
And then there’s the long-awaited Aquaman film. The character has been via many directorial palms and Momoa has been the behind-the-scenes champion for the superhero character.
“Aquaman is probably the hardest character in comic-book history. He’s made fun of and ridiculed but I tried to give it heart and soul, and I’m proud of it in certain ways. Do I feel pressure for [the sequel] to do well? No. All I can do is give it my all.”
The first Aquaman film cleared greater than $US1 billion on the field workplace. And DC motion pictures is in the midst of a reset with James Gunn taking the reins and launching a brand new slate of flicks and TV reveals.
There are questions over what is going to occur to the legacy characters already in DC initiatives, together with Momoa’s Aquaman.
He star was coy, telling Men’s Health he’s “extremely, extremely excited” about his future within the DC motion pictures, however didn’t give any particulars away. For his half, DC Studios co-boss Peter Safran mentioned he was excited to maintain working with Momoa, whether or not it was as Aquaman or in one other function.
Source: www.news.com.au
