Jason Momoa insists his actor son isn’t a nepo child.
The Aquaman star’s 16-year-old son Nakoa-Wolf Momoa has landed a key function in Dune: Half Three, however his well-known father says {the teenager} received the half with none assist from him.
Jason informed Additional: “He’s into the workforce for the primary time. It’s going to be good.
“He did it on his personal. I don’t wish to assist him, and he’s performed all of it on his personal, and good for him.”
Nakoa-Wolf, the son of Jason Momoa and 56-year-old actor Lisa Bonet, has been solid in Denis Villeneuve’s third Dune instalment alongside Silo star Ida Brooke, 17.
The 2 younger actors will painting the dual youngsters of Paul Atreides (performed by 29-year-old Timothée Chalamet) and Chani (27-year-old Zendaya.)
The movie, which follows the occasions of Frank Herbert’s second novel, Dune Messiah, continues the story of Paul Atreides as he turns into emperor.
Jason, 45, initially performed Duncan Idaho in Villeneuve’s 2021 Dune movie however didn’t seem in Dune: Half Two, which was launched in 2024.
He’s confirmed to return within the third instalment, although particulars about his character’s reappearance stay unclear.
Within the authentic guide collection, Duncan is resurrected as a clone – referred to as a ghola – following his dying.
Jason added to Additional about Nakoa-Wolf’s achievement: “You need your youngsters to be higher than you, and I actually, truly consider he’s. I couldn’t do what he’s doing at his age.
“There’s no method I might sit in a room with Denis Villeneuve and maintain my very own. I used to be on Baywatch at 19. He’s 16 and holding shit down with Denis Villeneuve.
“We raised him stunning. We raised our youngsters… it’s simply, you realize, being liked and being assured in themselves… that’s what he’s. He’s very assured.”
The actor was talking on the premiere in Hawaii of the Chief of Battle, at which he appeared alongside Nakoa-Wolf and his daughter, 17-year-old Lola Iolani.
The historic drama collection, which explores the unification of the Hawaiian Islands within the 18th century, marks one in all Jason’s main initiatives exterior the Dune franchise.
In Dune, Jason’s Duncan Idaho character was the loyal swordmaster and mentor to Paul Atreides.
His character was killed close to the movie’s climax whereas defending Paul and Woman Jessica (portrayed by 56-year-old Rebecca Ferguson) from Sardaukar forces.
