At this point, we’re used to seeing Jason Momoa casually chilling out shirtless with a bunch of tattoos. He was covered in painted body art while playing Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones and had many tattoos playing Aquaman in, uh, Aquaman. So, what’s the tattoo situation when the cameras aren’t rolling? In real life, Jason also has many tattoos— all of them are super meaningful. In fact, for Aquaman, the hair and makeup team was inspired by a significant design he already has on his arm and used it as the jumping-off point for Aquaman’s complete body-covering design.
Jason opened up to a fan about the original tattoo during a Q&A, saying, “It’s our aumakua, my family crest, it’s our guardian.” He explained, “It’s supposed to take the darkness out of your heart and bring the light in, but we’re still working on that.” This backstory makes the fact that Jason’s tattoo was incorporated into Jason’s most iconic on-screen character even more special. But it’s just one of a ton of other super personal tattoos the actor has.
We’re counting eight tattoos that we know about, and along with his family crest, other notable tattoos festooning Jason’s body include his kids’ names, a shout-out to a late friend, the terms of both his production companies, and a bunch more. Check them out here.
At this point, we’re used to seeing Jason Momoa casually chilling—shirtless, of course—with many tattoos. Not only was he covered in painted tattoos while playing Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones, but he was also decorated with a ton of ink for the role of Aquaman in Aquaman. So what’s his tattoo situation when the cameras aren’t rolling? Real-life Jason, as it turns out, has a lot of tats across his whole body—and all of them are super meaningful. The Aquaman makeup team appears to have been so inspired by Jason’s real tattoo on his arm that they went ahead and used it as the jumping-off point for Aquaman’s full-body designs.
Jason opened up to a fan about the tattoo in question during a Q&A, saying, “It’s our aumakua, my family crest, it’s our guardian.” He explained, “It’s supposed to take the darkness out of your heart and bring the light in, but we’re still working on that.”
This backstory makes the fact that Jason’s tattoo was incorporated into his most iconic on-screen character even more special. But it’s just one of a ton of other super-personal tattoos the actor has. We’re diving into the meanings behind Jason’s eight tattoos (eight…that we know about 😏), including his kids’ names, a sweet shout-out to his late best friend, the logos of both of his production companies (why stop at just one, you know?), and a bunch more.
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