8 Most Hilariously Bad Things About The New Aquaman Image

2. Aqua-Drogo

It's been an underlying thought to much of the coverage of the emergent DCCU, and this image all-but confirms - Jason Momoa was cast as Aquaman only because he was Khal Drogo. Now casting based off one performance can be fine - Christoph Waltz has only played verbose villain since Inglourious Basterds and Jesse Eisenberg is Lex Luthor in this very series because of The Social Network (that's the only way to explain it). Heck, all the major Game Of Thrones actors are now making the transition to the big screen. But while Kit Harrington has used Jon Snow to jump to other things, here Momoa looks like he is Dorgo. Tribal tattoos, thick beard, serious abs - HBO has done Warner Bros. work for them. It wouldn't be a shock if Aquaman speaks in some Turkish-inspired tongue a la Dothraki. As royalty from some fantastical locale with strong elemental powers, the biggest risk for DC is that Aquaman would wind up being too close to Thor, but that doesn't mean they should just copy something else to avoid that.