Jason Momoa opened up during an interview with British GQ about the fact that his ‘Conan the Barbarian,’ 2011 remake project can be enjoyable to shoot and still end up not being well-liked, due to problems in post-production.
“I’ve been a part of a lot of things that really sucked, and movies where it’s out of your hands,” Momoa told the publication. “Conan [the Barbarian] was one of them. It’s one of the best experiences I had and it [was] taken over and turned into a big pile of shit.”
The 2011 Marcus Nispel-directed swords-and-sandals fantasy film, which was released the same year that the actor made his Game of Thrones debut as Khal Drogo, was based on the books by Robert E. Howard. The author’s writing also inspired the 1982 action film of the same name that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and spawned a 1984 sequel.
Momoa did not go into further detail about what specifically bothered him with how his Conan the Barbarian turned out, but clearly, it might not be a major surprise for him to feel that way. The Lionsgate release, also starring Rachel Nichols, Rose McGowan, Stephen Lang and Ron Perlman, underperformed at the box office and currently holds a 25 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
