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It may be that no other superhero actor resembles their character offscreen quite as much as Aquaman ‘s Jason Momoa. It’s not just that Momoa actually flaunts Aquaman’s flowing locks even when he’s not filming a DC movie, but that the Game of Thrones alum also has the ink IRL to match his superhero role. Aquaman’s tattoos have a great deal of cultural meaning (as does one particular tat that Momoa has in real life), and it proves that the newest superhero movie has a lot more to it than what meets the eye.
Aquaman , which comes out on Dec. 21, tells the story of how Arthur Curry grew into his role as the King of Atlantis, and it doesn’t take much screen time for him to start unveiling his symbolic armor of tattoos. One of the tattoos you see first is the same one that Momoa actually has in real life: a triangular pattern on his forearm.
In a 2013 Q&A session in New Zealand , the Hawaiian-born actor told the audience that his forearm tattoo represents his family crest, including their ‘aumakua, — his family’s spirit guardian . Momoa revealed that his family’s ‘aumakua is a shark, and that the tattoo represents shark teeth. "It’s supposed to take the darkness out of your heart and bring the light in but we’re still working on that" Momoa said at the Q&A.
According to Inked , Momoa’s forearm tattoo representing his ‘amakua is meant to protect the actor in the water by indicating to sharks that he’s one of their kind so they don’t bother him. Early on in the movie, a young Arthur shocks his land-bound peers on a school trip by commanding the attention of all the sharks and other fish in an aquarium. Knowing that Momoa has a real tattoo that’s meant to spiritually communicate with sharks makes that scene all the more meaningful. Warner Bros./YouTube Momoa talked with The […]
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