Among the mixed reviews for the latest from the DCEU, there has still been mostly praise for the movie’s cast members, and Jason Momoa, it has to be said, is just class as superhero Aquaman.
Momoa is also set to get his own solo outing as Aquaman, aka Arthur Curry, in 2018 from Furious 7 filmmaker James Wan, and we personally can’t wait.
The actor was recently asked about the negative reviews Justice League has been getting by EW. Momoa answered: “I try to stay the f**k away from what people say. Some of my friends said, ‘Justice League isn’t doing well’ and it kind of bummed me out. But I didn’t want to look it up. I don’t want to look up the bad and the negativity. I don’t think that’s useful; it doesn’t help.”
He added that he’s seen the movie twice now and still has high hopes for it: “I loved it the second time even more. I’m actually going to watch it again with my kids and my godchild. I’m going to see it with the perfect crowd of people — a regular crowd instead of at a premiere. So I’m excited.
“I went to [Wizard World Austin fan convention] this weekend and got great praise. Now obviously, that’s a positive place, and I’m not only interested in the positive. But if people love what we did with Aquaman, it’s all [director Zack Snyder] — it’s his brainchild. He came in with, ‘I’m going to make Aquaman a badass and I’m going to change stuff, and change the myths about this guy.’ And I busted my ass.”
Momoa also explained that the reason why you don’t get a lot of backstory into Aquaman in Justice League is because that’s going to be covered in his solo movie: “[Justice League is] not my movie. It’s a huge movie introducing three new characters, and for myself and The Flash and Cyborg, there was a lot that was there we just couldn’t get in.”
