The biggest metalhead in Hollywood, Jason Momoa runs through his favourite live music moments – and teases his presenter job at Black Sabbath's last ever show this summer.
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00:00Hi, I'm Alex from NME and I'm thrilled to be joined by Hollywood's biggest metalhead,
00:20it's only Jason Momoa.
00:21How are we doing?
00:22Very well, thank you.
00:23So Minecraft is the meeting of two music obsessed actors, yourself and Jack Black.
00:29I heard that you played live together at the wrap party, how did it go?
00:32It was amazing man, it was, you know, I started a band with some friends and we were just,
00:38you know, we do covers and stuff like that and it was just kind of fun and Jack was like
00:42let's do something together and he did Sabbath, he played, he was like let's do Wizard.
00:47You could just see him doing like, I need money.
00:51So he was, it was pretty epic and then he did, we had him do For Whom The Bell Tolls
00:58Oh yeah, because I know you played that previously didn't you?
01:01Yeah, so I wanted him to do For Whom The Bell Tolls, so, but that was definitely a dream
01:05come true, I wasn't sure if he'd get up but he's, yeah, absolutely.
01:09One of my favourite comments on that video is, it says, is this the remake of Arnie and
01:14DeVito's Twins?
01:15Yeah, there you go, I'd be the, I'd be DeVito.
01:19I mean it was, yeah.
01:21I also found this video of you, because I know you're a big Metallica fan and you've
01:24introduced them on stage at this gig, but afterwards you got in the front row and this
01:30video, you're headbanging so hard that security asked you to calm down.
01:34Now I just want you to watch the video just to confirm that it is actually you, but, is
01:39that you?
01:41That's, that's me, there's my son, yeah, son of my son and my daughter, yeah, me and my
01:48son and my daughter, yep.
01:50I mean that's pretty cool, tell me the story of how you moved.
01:53It was for a charity and it was really beautiful, it's for, they're all within my hands and
01:58obviously I had the honour of introducing them, they're, I'm huge fans of Metallica
02:02and friends now with some of them and so, got to go out and talk about it and then we're
02:08like in these seats and it's, it's charity based so it's like everyone has the couches
02:12and it's really nice.
02:13I was like, it's the last song and I was just like, fuck it, I mean my kids just stormed
02:17the front and we're just like, yeah, so we just started jamming out in front but, yeah,
02:23I just love them.
02:24Because there's some clips of you in a circle pit, I think it's a different gig.
02:27Yeah, it was a different gig.
02:29But I wanted to ask, how do people react when they see Jason Moore suddenly charging past
02:33in a circle pit?
02:34They, they, they get happy, yeah, we have a good time.
02:37You also got to sing live with Pantera on stage at Wembley Arena.
02:40Yeah.
02:41I've got a picture actually.
02:42It's crazy, my friends just did, yeah, but, yeah, it feels like you're coming up, I'm
02:46like, alright, we're doing it, if they'll ask you to come up, you're going up.
02:49Do you get nervous?
02:50Yeah, yeah, it's a little, yeah, it's a little awkward but at the same time I'm like, dude,
02:55it's Pantera, I love them.
02:56Is there a band that you would love to play live on stage with, if you could pick one?
03:00If I could play on stage with them?
03:01Yeah, sing, whatever you want to do.
03:03They're not a band anymore but Rage Against The Machines was like a huge, I wanted to
03:07see them on their tour and it just didn't end up working out but, I'm going to the greatest
03:11show in the world here in a minute, we're going to be up at, I think it's July 5th,
03:15I'll be doing Sabbath.
03:16Oh, amazing.
03:17And so I'll be hosting, you know, Metallica and Slayer and Guns N' Roses.
03:23The final show, right.
03:24Final show.
03:25So I get to host, Sharon asked me to host, I was blown away.
03:28Have you ever met Ozzy as well?
03:30I haven't, I, you know, I was going to go to his last show in 2017 after I finished
03:35Aquaman and something happened at home and I needed to fly home for my kids and I missed
03:40the last show and I was going to be in Birmingham, I was pretty bummed out about it but, you
03:45know, I needed dad duties and it turns out Ozzy came out with an album and he wasn't
03:52feeling too well and so they asked if I wanted to do the video for him for Little Green Men
03:58and so I got to do that video for him and be helpful and then now I was like, you know,
04:04the opportunity to host, I don't know how I'm going to host but we'll figure it out.
04:08You're going to have to wear some makeup.
04:10I don't know, I'm just so excited to be there so, it was funny because I was begging for
04:14tickets and now I turn out to be hosting so, it's a weird world.
04:18Welcome to the stash, TNT, firework rockets, also good for propulsion, boots of swiftness,
04:26diamond armour, full set and blades for days, everything will need to make it to Woodland
04:32Mansion.
04:33Woah.
04:34We ask everyone this but what's an album that you always go back to?
04:38If you had to pick one album, maybe you're on a desert island, you can only take one,
04:42what is it?
04:43Right now, I'd take Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath, first album.
04:46Yeah, do you remember when you first listened to that when you were a teenager?
04:49Yeah, but that's the, it just introduced me to everything, Black Sabbath drops and then
04:54just when you hear Planet Caravan and NIB and there's just so many, it just kind of
04:59blows your mind, we're like, this came out in what, 70?
05:01And then they came out with Paranoid, I think they came out with those two albums in one
05:05year, in one year they dropped both of those.
05:09Don't quote me on that but I do want to think it's like 70 or 71 or something, it's like
05:12Paranoid, I mean Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath and then Paranoid, you're like, two albums,
05:18one year, the masterpieces.
05:20What kind of posters did you have when you were a kid?
05:24I mean, Talcum Guns and Roses, Sabbath, it's the same stuff I have now, I'm kind of a creature
05:31habit, I still listen to all those songs every day.
05:34Because obviously Jack Black has talked about these same bands for years and years, did
05:38you ever have arguments on set about albums or a band that you like more than him?
05:42No, you know what actually Jack turned me on to is he likes to, he listens to a lot
05:48on his headphones but now what he's decided to do is pick a musician and do their whole
05:55catalogue in order.
05:58So I think he did like Billy Joel and he just listened to the whole thing from the first
06:03song to his last album and listened to everything in catalogue form and how they were designed,
06:07I thought that was really cool, if you want to really know someone, listen to everything
06:10but do it in catalogue form.
06:11That's such a funny thing because obviously he'd be in his trailer and someone might say,
06:14where's Jack?
06:15And you'd say, oh he's just listening to Billy Joel.
06:16Yeah, he's rocking out to Billy Joel right now.
06:18Last question then, Minecraft has a pretty cool song with Jack Black and Dave Grohl of
06:24course.
06:25It actually just came on the way to set and he's like, we're doing this, so I didn't even
06:28know what we were doing at that last scene, like right on the day.
06:33What is it like when you two have to sort of riff with each other?
06:36Is it lots improvised or do you block it out immediately beforehand and like really
06:40fine detail?
06:42We're, I mean Jared really encourages the, we'll improv some, we'll do the script and
06:48then we'll improv some, but like yeah, we just kind of go back and forth and support
06:52each other.
06:52Was there anything that you asked to change in any of the scenes?
06:55We kind of got the script really in a good place before we started shooting, so we had
06:58so much time, so I kind of felt like everything was there.
07:01Because I thought definitely some of the scenes where you're talking in Spanish, and obviously
07:05it's wrong, but you might have been like, well I'll just say some Spanish words.
07:08Some of those were in there, some of those were in there, some of those weren't, but
07:11I did that because my girlfriend's, I mean she obviously is...
07:15She must have been horrified.
07:16It was more of a joke to her, I think it's just funny that he says whatever and he just
07:20has so much confidence behind it, it doesn't mean what he's saying, so it's just like,
07:24he's an idiot.
07:26And I just thought my girlfriend would laugh and I thought it'd be funny.
07:28Thanks so much for chatting to me about music, Minecraft, it's been a pleasure.