US actor Jason Momoa has opened up about his role in the upcoming movie Aquaman, explaining how some famous bands inspired his performance.
We don’t need to go too far to learn how much of an avid music fan Jason Momoa is. Back in 2017, the famed actor opened up about how he managed to meet one of his musical heroes, C.W. Stoneking.
“I’m such a fan boy. I was so stoked and honored to meet C. W. Stoneking last night at Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall” he wrote on Instagram last year. “CW is an amazing musician father man stud Aussie legend love ya bud. And I got to play is guitar ahahahahahhhhhhahhh. Such a fan girl.”
However, it seems that music spills over into his acting career as well, telling Metal Hammer about the bands that inspired his latest role in Aquaman.
“Aquaman’s pretty metal,” Jason Momoa began. “I know no-one thinks that, but Aquaman’s metal.”
“I kind of build my characters off of metal songs. Conan (The Barbarian) was really heavy Pantera, I’d say Aquaman was probably mostly built out of Tool and (Metallica album) Kill ‘Em All. ‘Ticks And Leeches’, if I want to get specific. There’s a lot of Sabbath in there too.”
Of course, watching Jason Momoa on the big screen, it’s rather easy to see how these iconic bands could inspire him. While Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All is an unrelenting example of brutality, Tool’s ‘Ticks And Leeches’ is a track so intense, that Maynard James Keenan hasn’t played it live in years for fear of damaging his vocals.
Needless to say, such an admission obviously makes Jason Momoa popular among metalheads, and might even instigate a game of guessing which famous band inspired him whenever he scores a new role.
Check out Tool’s ‘Ticks And Leeches’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RelR85j09XY
