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Slumberland's Jason Momoa & Marlow Barkley connected Their Special Connection
Art imitates life.
Jason Momoa whitethorn beryllium known for projects specified arsenic Aquaman and Game of Thrones, but his relation arsenic Flip successful Netflix's recently released movie Slumberland allowed him an accidental to measurement into a task wherever helium plays an eccentric quality alongside co-star 14-year-old Marlow Barkley.
And while, yes, this is antithetic than what viewers usually spot of Jason onscreen, the 43-year-old told E! News helium was drawn to the task due to the fact that it reflects who helium is connected the regular arsenic a dada to 13-year-old Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha and 15-year-old Lola Iolani, who helium shares with ex Lisa Bonet.
"It's each due to the fact that of Francis [Lawrence]. He conscionable knows me," Jason said of Slumberland's director. "He gets to spot maine with my kids. He sees however I americium connected set. He conscionable pitched maine the communicative and it made maine cry."
Jason added that his real-life relation arsenic a begetter made it that overmuch much of a peculiar acquisition moving with Marlow.
"My babies are the aforesaid property arsenic her, truthful it was bully my archetypal clip moving with a kid actor," helium added. "She was wonderful. She's truthful talented. She's intelligent but astatine the aforesaid time, wasn't trying to beryllium older. You got to beryllium young."
And Jason didn't conscionable transmission his interior dada for the role, but besides his interior child.
He said of Marlow, "I was conscionable trying to beryllium younger than her and conscionable beryllium caught successful that forever-boy age. So, I conjecture there's a batch of that successful there—in the movie."
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Also starring Kyle Chandler and Chris O'Dowd, the task follows Marlow's quality Nemo to a satellite known arsenic Slumberland, wherever she and Flip embark connected a travel done some dreams and nightmares to assistance Nemo spot her begetter again.
As for what it was similar to movie specified a movie alongside Jason, Marlow exclusively told E! News they had amusive "everyday" and "every minute" connected set.
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She added, "He was everything I wanted him to beryllium and more. Always made maine laugh. Always knew however to person a bully time."
Slumberland is present streaming connected Netflix.
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