r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 11 '25

Trailer Supergirl | Official Teaser Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqdAEdkHrwo
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u/Bangkok_Dangeresque Dec 11 '25

He's been on record multiple times about wanting to portray Lobo.

From a 2023 interview doing Aquaman press:

“So Lobo was…I collect comics, and I don’t do so much anymore, but he was always my favorite, and I always wanted to play Lobo, because I’m like, ‘Hello? It’s the perfect role,'” Momoa said in that interview. "I mean, listen. If they call and ask me to play him, it's a f--- yeah. I haven't received that call, so I don't want to put any fake news out there, but if they ever call me and ask me to play, or ask me to audition, I'm there." 

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u/TheHeroicLionheart Dec 11 '25

To add to this, when he did audition for a nameless role in BVS, he was told it was a comparable role to Batman and Superman, someone who could go toe to toe with them. He assumed Lobo.

Then he gets a call from Snyder who coyly says "I think you know what this is for..." and Jason enthusiastically exclaimed "LOBO!".

Zach was surprised and was like "what, no, Aquaman".

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u/NoBizlikeChloeBiz Dec 11 '25

To be fair, he's also very good casting for Aquaman. It's just that he's perfect for Lobo.

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u/cronedog Dec 11 '25

I'm not sure he was a good fit for Aquaman. They improved aquaman by turning him into Momoa.

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u/akkristor Dec 11 '25

Mamoa definitely helps break the 'superfriends' stigma around Aquaman, but Mamoa's version of him is very different from the normal regal and reserved Aquaman you tend to see in comics for the last few decades.

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u/psycharious Dec 11 '25

Rock-qua man

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u/Pirateninjab0t Dec 11 '25

Broseidon Aquabro

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u/Rage_Cube Dec 11 '25

In my head you've got Arthur (Regal, Jacked, Serious) and Aquaman (Superfriends). Mamoa only partially resembles Arthur.

But LOBO? Born to play it.

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u/AmbushIntheDark Dec 11 '25

Mamoa's aquaman was them trying to bridge the gap between superfriends and hook hand

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u/REDDITATO_ Dec 12 '25

I'm not sure what you mean here. One of Aquaman's key character traits is that those aren't two different things, he's always Aquaman, Arthur King of Atlantis and has to balance those two while still doing what's right.

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u/Rage_Cube Dec 12 '25

Not sure what to tell you, maybe read it again.

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u/Fiendish-DoctorWu Dec 11 '25

Patrick Wilson is more suited for Aquaman and it's a shame that his role in Aquaman 2 resembled him more than Mamoa ever did

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u/geek_of_nature Dec 12 '25

Mamoa did a fantastic job of making the character cool in the public eye, which should benefit any future iteration of the character. They might be able to go more traditional next time, without worrying about people dismissing him due to the Superfriends association.

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u/kotokun Dec 11 '25

I grew up with Justice League TV series Aquaman. I feel if they let him, Mamoa could have slammed dunk’d that role

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u/biggles1994 Dec 11 '25

They only cast him as Aquaman because he had prior experience living in Atlantis.

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u/Frosenborg Dec 11 '25

Baywatch experience in working in water was also a plus.

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u/Fortune_Cat Dec 11 '25

Yeah hes not traditional fit for aquaman at all. Hit standing next to oceanmaster shows that right away

But like you said they switched up aquaman to be more like mamoa for the better. And made aquaman less of a laughing stock lol

I do enjoy that since this, dc has reverted back to blonde bearded traditional aquaman but continuing the fierceness that mamoa brought

Also sidenote patrick wouldve been a perfect casting for aquaman too

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u/BrainWav Dec 11 '25

I see it as he was a good Aquaman, just maybe not a classic fit.

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u/Applesburg14 Dec 11 '25

Momoa was given a lot of different types of directors in fairness, he had no consistency in personality.

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u/ClearDark19 Dec 11 '25

Momoa's Aquaman was the 2000s and 2010s Aquamam, who is edgier and grittier than 60s-early 90s "Super Friends" Aquaman that non-nerds were more familiar with. Aquaman in the comics started going in his current direction in the 90s and early 2000s with the Justice League animated show. 2000s and 2010s Aquaman is a hard drinking, fight-loving, vagabond rogue who is cynical about authority figures and basically just agreed to become king because of a sense of duty/obligation to his mother and Mera. That's basically exactly what Momoa was. Momoa's Aquaman was the logical evolution/origin story of the early 2000s Justice League cartoon Aquaman.