Jason Momoa reveals he grew up idolising this kiwi actor when he was young

Publish Date: Monday, 8 May 2017, 9:40AM

He's been Jake the Muss, Jango Fett, Dr. Ropata, Clone Troopers, Moana's dad and now Aquaman's dad, so like we totally get it! He's the man!

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So when we found out that Jason Momoa grew up idolising our own Temuera Morrison, we were like "makes sense". What makes this more impressive is that Momoa would have grown up watching one of New Zealand's premier actors from ALL the way in his native Hawaii.

meeting one of my idols. I'm so honored and proud to be working with Temuera Morrison A true inspiration for me growing up trying to become an actor #bucketlistcheck #ohanaforlife #jakethemuss cheeeeehoooooooooi aloha j

A post shared by Jason Momoa (@prideofgypsies) on Apr 26, 2017 at 12:58pm PDT

It genuinely seems like a bucket list thing for Momoa, who even hashtagged Jake the muss in his Instagram post. This warms our hearts!

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