Aquaman has often been the butt of jokes, but Game of Thrones actor Jason Momoa , who plays the undersea superhero in the upcoming Aquaman movie, sees him more as a hard-rocking metalhead who listens to bands like Metallica and Tool .
"Aquaman's pretty metal," Momoa tells Metal Hammer . "I know no one thinks that, but Aquaman's metal."
Specifically, he says Metallica's debut album, Kill 'Em All , and the Tool song "Ticks and Leeches" influenced his portrayal of Arthur Curry's alter-ego.
"There's a lot of [ Black ] Sabbath in there too," Momoa adds.
In fact, Momoa says that he often "build[s] [his] characters off of metal songs." His starring role in the 2011 film Conan the Barbarian , for example, was influenced by Pantera .
Aquaman , also starring Amber Heard , Nicole Kidman and Patrick Wilson , opens in theaters December 21.
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