{"id":457144,"date":"2026-06-02T13:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/457144\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:46:11","slug":"jason-momoa-had-to-be-supergirls-lobo-says-craig-gillespie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/457144\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Momoa Had To Be Supergirl’s Lobo, Says Craig Gillespie"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s no secret that Jason Momoa has always wanted to be Lobo. But, given that he also spent years as Aquaman<\/a> in the DCEU \u2018Snyder-verse\u2019, that option was never really open.\u00a0Until, that is, the universe got rebooted into the DCU, with James Gunn and Peter Safran holding the reins. The morning that was announced, Gunn received a text from Momoa that simply said \u201cfucking LOBO\u201d.<\/p>\n

Cut to summer 2026, and Momoa\u2019s dreams have come true: he\u2019s playing Lobo<\/a>, the intergalactic bounty hunter, in the Gunn-produced Supergirl<\/a> movie, directed by Craig Gillespie. And if Momoa was bullish about playing the part, nobody can deny that he was perfect for the role. \u201cI was thrilled to have him,\u201d Gillespie tells Empire. \u201cI couldn\u2019t imagine anybody else, but it\u2019s a pressure… [we asked ourselves a] million questions to pay homage to the original.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a sentiment shared by Supergirl herself, Milly Alcock, whose Kara Zor-El is set to cross paths with the motorbike-riding badass when she sets off on a vengeful quest through the galaxy. \u201cJason had such presence,\u201d Alcock says. \u201cHe is Lobo. And it was exciting to see somebody living out their dream.\u201d Remember: it\u2019s never too late to manifest.<\/p>\n

\"Empire<\/p>\n

Read Empire\u2019s full Supergirl feature in the Spider-Man: Brand New Day issue<\/a> \u2013 on sale Thursday June 4. Pre-order a copy online here<\/a>. Supergirl comes to cinemas from June 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s no secret that Jason Momoa has always wanted to be Lobo. But, given that he also spent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-457144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}