Jason Momoa recalls fun times as an up-and-coming actor on Game of Thrones: ‘It was the simplest moments I remember the most’
By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com
Published: 19:52 EDT, 27 May 2019 | Updated: 20:09 EDT, 27 May 2019
Jason Momoa is sentimental about his leaner days in show business.
The Aquaman star took to social media Sunday with a shot from earlier in his career when he played Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones.
In the image, Momoa, 39, beamed as he relaxed in the back of a moving van as he spent time with his pal Brian Andrew Mendoza in Donegal, Ireland while on a break from filming the HBO series.
Sentimental: Aquaman star Jason Momoa, 39, took to social media Sunday with a shot from earlier in his career when he played Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones
‘So homesick. Looking through my phone I found this. Off the road some quiet parking lot in donegal,’ the Honolulu, Hawaii native wrote in a caption, explaining how the shot came to be. ‘It was an amazing simple moment with my best friend.
‘While filming GOT we had a lil break. We were to broke to fly home so we rented a panel van aka UHAUL in Belfast and drove around beautiful amazing IRELAND searching for the greatest pint of Guinness.’
Momoa said of the Guinness in Ireland: ‘Turns out it’s perfect everywhere.’
Momoa was sentimental about his earlier days as an actor, as he played Daenerys Targaryen’s (Emilia Clarke) husband on the debut season of the series, which ended earlier this month.
Leading man: Momoa was snapped at the LA debut of Justice League in 2017
Key role: Momoa played Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones from 2011-2012
Rise up the ranks: Momoa broke through with the role of the Dothraki commander on the HBO fantasy drama
‘So many wonderful people and stories,’ he said. ‘I treasure those times It was the simplest moments I remember the most. I still miss my family. Been a long road and I feel like I’m just getting started. On the roam Needs to go home. Ps ill ask Brian for more pics he’s got the gold. Aloha j.’
The 6ft4 leading man, one of Hollywood’s hottest stars amid the $1.1 billion success of Aquaman at the box office last winter, worked his way up the credits on multiple projects, first playing clean cut lifeguard Jason Ioane on Baywatch Hawaii from 1999 thru 2001.
He worked on a string of TV shows including North Shore, Stargate: Atlantis and The Game before breaking through with the role of the Dothraki commander on the HBO fantasy drama.
Momoa debuted as Aquaman in the DC Universe as in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, followed by 2017’s Justice League, before the international success of Aquaman last winter.
In addition to his roles as the superhero, he is slated to appear in an Apple TV+ sci-fi drama called See; and a remake of the 1993 Sylvester Stallone thriller Cliffhanger.
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