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Jason Momoa found worldwide fame after portraying the role of Khal Drogo in the iconic HBO seriesGame of Thrones.The series became a cultural phenomenon and every iconic actor found their career breakthrough with this series.
Despite the fame, theAquamanactor wasn’t immediately picked up for other Hollywood projects for one very stupid reason. With Khal Drogo being a Dothraki warlord, Momoa had to speak Dothraki (a made-up language inGame of Thrones).This led people to actually believe that Jason Momoa cannot speak English!
Jason Momoa Did Not Find Work AfterGame of Thrones
Portraying the role of the Dothraki horse lord in Season 1 ofGame of Thrones,the character went on to marry a young Daenerys Targaryen. Traveling alongside her through the city of Vaes Dothrak, Khal Drogo eventually kills Daenerys Targaryen’s brother and vows to fight for his wife by crossing the narrow sea.
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Being a hunky barbarian with pig’s blood for dinners, the character eventually found his demise from an infected sword wound. Dying just before the season finale of the first season ofGame of Thrones,Jason Momoafound himself out of work once more. In an interview with Jimmy Fallon onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the actor talked about his iconic role and the stupid and yet hilarious reason, Hollywood didn’t offer him any more roles after the HBO series!
“Not a lot of people thought I spoke English. You’re not gonna put him [Drogo] in a comedy. You’re not gonna put him in a romantic. You’re pigeon-holed. I met Fred Armisem, and my stepdaughter did‘Portlandia’. And he was so excited to meet me.”
The actor further continued,
“And then he was like ‘I didn’t even know you spoke English’. It was heartbreaking. I was like ‘That’s why I’m not getting any jobs'”.
But that’s not true after all as Momoa found another iconic role for his career. The actor portrayed the role of Aquaman in Zack Snyder’s DCEU and continued to be a part of James Gunn’s DCU which gave him plenty of fame (and English dialogues) for the people to know.
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Despite being an actor who has seen a lot of struggling days, the actor hasn’t let go of his sense of humor. With Emilia Clarke portraying the role of Daenerys Targaryen (the wife of Khal Drogo), their first meeting was quite cute and violent.
During their stay in a hotel in Belfast, it has been reported that when Momoa first saw Emilia Clarke, he ran and tackled her to the floor all the while yelling“WIFEY!”.Momoa found quite the fame by starring in his role of Khal Drogo and Aquaman and was recently seen as the main antagonist of the 2023 movieFast X.The 2011 series that started it all,Game of Thrones,is available to stream on Max.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
