CONAN FAN QUESTIONS - PART 2 (JASON MOMOA)
JASON MOMOA ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM BLOG WRITERS AND READERS ABOUT THE UPCOMING FILM CONAN THE BARBARIAN.
What was your favourite scene or moment in the movie to film?
What I trained the hardest for was this charge that we did. I fought twenty guys and then I went lopping off heads. It’s the first fight that you see of Conan. He’s coming in and he’s saving these slave girls. It’s obviously just a bunch of naked women getting whipped by guys. And I come in and save the day and take them to the nearest pub.
How did you train for the role?
We had about four to six weeks to get ready. It was tons of weight training and cardio. Because we had to put mass on very quickly it was a lot of heavy weights and a pretty strict diet.
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What does director Marcus Nispel bring to the film?
He’s got a beautiful, visual, aesthetic eye. And the people that he chose to create his world - from the costumes, to the set pieces - everyone was truly a fan, and he himself is truly a fan of Conan. Everyone worked and bled for this movie.
Conan is a very aggressive and physical character. Did you have to get into the ‘Conan Mindset’ before shooting?
Every morning! It’s funny, I get picked up and when I shook off all the sore and the pain. I always listen to Pantera, there’s a song called ‘Walk’ that was definitely the Conan song. A lot of old Metallica and a lot of Rage Against the Machine. That always helped.
John Millius said of the original Conan film, ‘You don’t fret a lot about subtext if you’re writing Conan the Barbarian’. Would you agree?
Maybe yes. Because he lives in the moment. He says what’s on his mind. When it needs to he said, he does say it. So, yeah I guess I would agree with that.
Do you consider Conan to be more of an anti-hero or an amoral swordsman?
I consider him the anti-hero. What I did love about him and what I enjoyed about him is that he isn’t the hero. He’s put into places where he does heroic deeds. And I do like that about him.
Did you draw on any of the Hawaiian warrior legends you grew up with when stepping into the mind and role of Conan?
Having that warrior race within me, it’s definitely something that’s maybe easier for me — it’s just one of those things I can harness and do on a whim. Also, being a father, anyone that’s a father you know what’s to live and die for. I think you can really go to those places.
There’s scope in Robert E. Howard’s stories for a sequel—would you be up for it if the opportunity came along and what would you like to see in it?
I know, absolutely I think there will be a sequel. I’m pretty positive about it. No one’s has said anything yet but I’m very positive there will be one. I mean that’s what we’re here to do — to really tell those stories because it’s a phenomenal hero and action adventure. There’s a bountiful amount of stories to tell. So I think they will definitely have two or three more.
Who’s hotter: Xena Warrior Princess or Red Sonja?
I think I’ll take both of them.
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