During Momoa’s trip to The Tonight’s Show, he shared with Jimmy Fallon that he was missing out on jobs. The reason was that people were legitimately shocked when they found out he spoke English. When discussing his new show on Netflix Frontier, he explained the issues he had getting jobs after playing Khal Drogo.
“Yeah, not a lot of people thought I spoke English. It was very challenging, It’s like, what do you do with Drogo? You’re not gonna put him in a comedy.”
The actor says he realized why he wasn’t getting roles after he met his stepdaughter Zoë Kravitz’s co-star Fred Armisen. The two of them both co-stars on the T.V. show Portlandia together. Armisen was shocked when he heard the English language come out of Jason’s mouth.
“He was like, ‘I didn’t even know you spoke English’ and it was heartbreaking. I was like, that’s why I’m not getting any jobs.”
Poor Jason.
If anyone out there who wasn’t sure at this point it’s true. Jason Momoa AKA Khal Drogo AKA Aquaman is, in fact, fluent in the English language. Just check out the movie Justice League or his show on Netflix Frontier if you don’t believe me. Even if you do I don’t think you can ever have too much Jason Momoa, can you? Either way, we’re glad to see Jason Momoa started landing big-time jobs. I think I speak for everyone when I say we’re looking forward to seeing more of him!