{"id":484873,"date":"2026-06-19T04:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/484873\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T04:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:46:10","slug":"hollywood-star-jason-momoa-says-he-loves-his-surreal-role-in-supergirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/484873\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood star Jason Momoa says he loves his \u2018surreal\u2019 role in Supergirl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American actor, 46, plays intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo in the sci-fi action film who must join forces with reluctant anti-hero Supergirl (Milly Alcock) to fight for vengeance and justice.<\/p>\n<p>Momoa has been outspoken about how playing the character is a childhood dream, and in an interview with the Press Association, he reflected on how \u201ccrazy\u201d it was to step into the role.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.84999960.jpg\" alt=\"Supergirl fan event\" data-title=\"Supergirl fan event\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Ian West\" data-usage-terms=\"\"  \/>Jason Momoa has previously described his role as Lobo as a childhood dream come true (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>The star said: \u201cI think the first scene was when I got on the bike and we ride in, and that\u2019s your introductory scene \u2013 riding in on the on the space hog, fireballs going off, chaos, and you\u2019re throwing the gut hook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was\u2026 I mean, it\u2019s surreal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you put the whole outfit on, like everyone\u2019s looking at me and you just kind of\u2026 it\u2019s crazy, because you\u2019re like \u2018Lobo is standing in front of me\u2019. It\u2019s full-on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Momoa, who is no stranger to superhero films, having previously starred in Aquaman, explained why his new role excites him and said: \u201cI just think the rebels and the anti-heroes are just fun to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like Superman, I like the worlds and stuff like that, but that\u2019s not someone I would play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love playing a character like this, he\u2019s just a menace. It\u2019s just fun to do those kinds of roles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.85000142.jpg\" alt=\"Supergirl fan event\" data-title=\"Supergirl fan event\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Ian West\" data-usage-terms=\"\"  \/>Milly Alcock stars as Supergirl (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>The star added that he hopes fans will \u201cfall in love\u201d with the latest Supergirl franchise and expressed his desire to \u201cmake more\u201d films.<\/p>\n<p>Momoa looked sharp in an all-black suit, waistcoat and t-shirt during the fan event at Cineworld Leicester Square in London, and was flanked by his co-star Alcock, who wowed crowds in a chic white dress.<\/p>\n<p>Alcock similarly expressed her excitement for the upcoming film, praising the \u201cunconventional\u201d nature of her character as what made the role of Supergirl so appealing.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian actress told PA: \u201cI really just wanted to bring humility, heart, grit, and sincerity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.85000157.jpg\" alt=\"Supergirl fan event\" data-title=\"Supergirl fan event\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Ian West\" data-usage-terms=\"\"  \/>Milly Alcock has also appeared in House Of The Dragon (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>The star, who has also appeared in House Of The Dragon, also addressed the criticism she has received for playing a female superhero and said: \u201cI think that sometimes people have made up their minds, but I hope that I can change their minds and surprise them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, at the end of the day, I love to do what I do \u2013 even if nobody saw it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it\u2019s just a learning lesson and a stepping stone, and a natural part of life is that people aren\u2019t going to like you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Supergirl will be released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on June 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The American actor, 46, plays intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo in the sci-fi action film who must join forces&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-484873","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\/484873","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=484873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}