Kevin Smith Weighs in on AQUAMAN 2 Rumors and the Idea of Jason Momoa in the Role of Lobo

The movie Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has had its fair share of growing pains over the last couple of years. It’s had its release date moved around, one of its stars in a very public court case, and fans have lost interest as it has taken a long time to get to the big screen, and the new heads of DC have confirmed that the undersea superhero will not be moving forward with the new phases of the DC Universe.

As we are just a couple of months away from the sequel’s release, there’s a lot of talk about how the movie will turn out, and actor and director Kevin Smith took it all on in a recent episode of his podcast Fatman Beyond (via comicbook). He talked about a recent report from Variety, which claimed among other things that Jason Momoa showed up drunk to set, and intentionally dressed like Johnny Depp in order to antagonize co-star Amber Heard, who used to be married to Depp and has been embroiled in a series of high-profile legal fights with her ex-husband for years.

Smith said of the rumors:

"I don't think he just dressed as Johnny Depp. I think he just kind of dresses like Johnny Depp, layers and s--t like that," Smith said, which echoes a defense that Momoa's representatives have voiced, according to co-host Marc Bernardin. He added, "I saw, the one thing that I read in the news that I was like, 'Well, I guess I can understand that,' was that they were having test screenings and...in the comics, Black Manta killed Aquaman's son, him and Mera's baby. That's a pretty famous comic book storyline, and it sounds like they included a version of that in this movie, where Black Manta kills Aquaman and Mera's baby, and audiences walked out. They were like 'f--k this.' I can get my head around that, if some audience is like, 'I don't come to no superhero movie to watch a f--king baby die,' but the comic book guy in me was like, 'Well, that's what they did in the comics. It sounds like they've been changing this movie so much. Dude, they've had, minimum, two Batmans in this movie. They had Michael Keaton Batman and they also had Ben Affleck Batman."

Bernardin read more of the article, which included rumors that Momoa could be recast as Lobo. Smith said that the actor was perfect for the role, and Smith responded, saying, "That honestly makes absolute sense. He looks like Lobo."

I think it’s weird and confusing to have an actor jump from one character to another in the same comic universe, but I think Gunn is scrapping everything that came before him at DC (except maybe The Suicide Squad), and he’s hoping fans will do the same. Are you hoping to see Momoa reincarnate at DC as the character Lobo?