FILM MONTH: Jason Momoa, here at the premiere of the TV series “See” in Los Angeles last fall. Photo: Chris Pizzello / Invision
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Jason Momoa (41) was piled into debt and struggled to support his family when he was discharged from “Game of Thrones”.
Today, the actor is sailing in tailwinds, but it is not too many years since the situation was quite different. Momoa exclaims in an interview with the magazine InStyle.
Although he appeared in the role of Khal Drogo in «Game of Thrones» in 2011, it was for the series became a big monster hit. Thus, there was no lucrative existence that awaited Momoa when the character had to pay with his life already at the end of the first season.
– We were hungry for “Game of Thrones”, he says about the family, which includes the actress wife Lisa Bonet (52), their two joint children and Bonet’s daughter from the marriage with Lenny Kravitz (56).
– I could not get jobs. And it is very demanding when you have small children and at the same time drown in debt, he says.
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—STAR COUPLE: Jason Momoa and his wife Lisa Bonet at a fashion show in Rome last year. Photo: Domenico Stinellis / TT NEWS AGENCY
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The family lived in the same house then as now, Topanga Canyon in Los Angeles. But for many years it was difficult to pay the bills, Momoa admits.
The 41-year-old has previously said in interviews that he had such poor advice during the recording that he could not travel from Europe and home to the United States during the breaks.
Only in 2016 did it turn around. He got a role in «Justice League», and two years later starring in «Aquaman».
Momoa, also known from “Baywatch”, “Conan The Barbarian” and “See”, has several new film projects underway, including «Dune» and «Aquaman 2». The timetable is full until 2024.
Now life is like a dream.
– My God, I can not believe it when I see my name listed with these, he says about “Dune” colleagues Josh Brolin (52) and Javier Bardem (51).
– I still feel like a child, so I freak out a bit.
Even when he finished “Baywatch” in 2001, Momoa went on a rampage and struggled to be taken seriously in the industry.
– For the first three or four years afterwards, it was completely impossible to find an agent who would work with me, he says.
Looking back: Fearing the “Baywatch” past would ruin his career
In recent years, Lisa Bonet has only appeared in minor roles. The former The “Cosby Show” star has not been looking at either screen or screen since 2017.
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