Jason Momoa Says There’s One Position He Desires to Be Typecast in

March 22, 2025

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With Lobo confirmed to look in Supergirl: Girl of Tomorrow, DC followers are relieved James Gunn opted for the plain casting. Jason Momoa hypes up anticipation for his character’s debut within the movie.

DC’s Lobo is Jason Momoa’s dream position, he referred to as dibs on the character earlier than James Gunn even introduced he was casting. “I simply assume I am the best particular person to play the position,” he informed Leisure Weekly. “Born to do it.” It is exhausting to argue with that since he is a spitting picture of the Lobo from the comics. Momoa asserted the parallels transcend bodily look. “If we’ll typecast me in something, let’s put me in Lobo,” he quipped. “Bikes, smoking cigars, partying, dreadlocks… loves a combat, humorous.”

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Followers will see Momoa’s Lobo for the primary time in Supergirl: Girl of Tomorrow, however just for just a few scenes. The actor recalled proudly owning the half the second he wore the costume of “probably the most badass bounty hunter within the galaxy”, per DC’s official description. “It is the primary time I requested all people to name me by my character’s title,” he recalled. Momoa was additionally the primary particular person to contact James Gunn after he was introduced as the brand new DC Studios head. “And his textual content was, ‘Lobo child’ with ten billion exclamation factors,” Gunn informed Nerds of Shade. “So basically, I used to be like, ‘I believe that is a fairly good thought,’ so it was all the time a part of the plan.”

‘I At all times Needed To Play Lobo’

Momoa confirmed he had been ready to play Lobo his complete profession; rising up studying comics, he confirmed the character was all the time his favourite. “I all the time needed to play Lobo, as a result of I am like, ‘Hey? It is the right position,‘” he informed Fandango in 2023. “I imply, hear. In the event that they name and ask me to play him, it is a f*** yeah. I have not acquired that decision, so I do not wish to put any pretend information on the market, but when they ever name me and ask me to play, or ask me to audition, I am there.” Lobo provides to Momoa’s iconic characters, which embrace the DCEU’s Aquaman, Dune‘s Duncan Idaho, and Recreation of Thrones‘ Khal Drogo.

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Supergirl: Girl of Tomorrow is all about Milly Alcock’s titular superhero, however identical to the upcoming Superman reboot, followers count on the movie shall be full of supporting characters. Gunn intends to broaden the DCU by releasing two movies and one TV present yearly, minimal. That is loads of alternatives for Lobo cameos. As for a Lobo standalone, Gunn stated that is “in all probability going to be some time, to be frank”. He beforehand asserted he is solely greenlighting tasks with viable scripts, which is why the DCU Batman movie continues to be pending. Followers should wait even longer for that Batman and Lobo crossover.

Supergirl: Girl of Tomorrow premieres in theaters on June 26, 2026.

Supply: Leisure Weekly, Nerds of Shade, Fandango