--- description: "Game of Thrones" star Jason Momoa will play Aquaman in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and its sequel "Justice League" title: 'GoT' Star Jason Momoa to Play Aquaman, May Get Punched in Face image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2b5b541ebd869d8/698697e41eebf72e6c3717a0/484481951.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _GoT_ Star Jason Momoa to Play Aquaman, May Get Punched in the Face by [Melissa Hellmann](/author/melissa-hellmann/) ## Melissa Hellmann Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2014 6:25 AM CUT  Jason Momoa arrives at a screening of Road to Paloma during the Sarasota Film Festival in Sarasota, Fla., on April 12, 2014 Jason Momoa arrives at a screening of Road to Paloma during the Sarasota Film Festival in Sarasota, Fla., on April 12, 2014Gustavo Caballero—Getty Images by [Melissa Hellmann](/author/melissa-hellmann/) ## Melissa Hellmann Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2014 6:25 AM CUT _Game of Thrones_ star Jason Momoa is set to play comic-book superhero Aquaman in _Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice —_ expected to debut in May 2016 — and its sequel, _Justice League_, confirming rumors that have been [circulating](http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/jason-momoa-will-play-aquaman-in-dawn-of-justice-and-we-know-how-it-will-happen "undefined") for months. Warner Bros. has not yet made the announcement of Aquaman’s appearance, but HitFix [attests](http://www.hitfix.com/categories/zack-snyder "undefined") that director Zack Snyder is planning to start filming soon. Momoa skirted the question of whether he would play the part of Aquaman during several interviews, including one by MTV News in which he [swore](http://www.mtv.com/news/1847752/jason-momoa-aquaman-justice-league/ "undefined") that he would not be taking the role — even inviting anchor Joshua Horowitz to “punch me in the face \[if I’m lying\].” The confirmation of his role as the comic-book superhero can really only mean one thing: the Dothraki king is spoiling for a sore nose. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2888577/got-star-jason-momoa-to-play-aquaman-may-get-punched-in-the-face/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2888577/got-star-jason-momoa-to-play-aquaman-may-get-punched-in-the-face/"},"headline":"GoT Star Jason Momoa to Play Aquaman, May Get Punched in the Face","datePublished":"2014-06-17T06:25:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:27:13.372Z","description":"The burly Game of Thrones star is owed a slug from MTV anchor Joshua Horowitz","url":"https://time.com/2888577/got-star-jason-momoa-to-play-aquaman-may-get-punched-in-the-face/","keywords":["movies","Television","game of thrones","Jason Momoa","Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2b5b541ebd869d8/698697e41eebf72e6c3717a0/484481951.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Hellmann","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-hellmann/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2b5b541ebd869d8/698697e41eebf72e6c3717a0/484481951.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2014 Sarasota Film Festival - Day 9 - Red Carpet For Spotlight Film: Road to Paloma","caption":"2014 Sarasota Film Festival - Day 9 - Red Carpet For Spotlight Film: Road to Paloma","creditText":"Gustavo Caballero—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2888577/got-star-jason-momoa-to-play-aquaman-may-get-punched-in-the-face/","name":"GoT Star Jason Momoa to Play Aquaman, May Get Punched in the Face"}}]}] ```