SGA - Jason Momoa: Honolulu Weekly: Best of Honolulu 2005
From the Honolulu Weekly: (Honolulu, HI)
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Best of Honolulu 2005 - Public Eye - EDITOR’S PICKS
Best alien: Jason Momoa
Although he shared screen time with the immortal Hasselhoff on Baywatch Hawaii, local-born, Iowa-raised Jason Momoa didn’t start generating serious nationwide prime-time buzz until he began playing bartender Frankie Seau on the ill-fated FOX soap North Shore. Playing the role with charisma and some serious dreadlocks, Momoa turned into the show’s only breakout star.
But with his exotic (to mainlanders) looks, there was something not quite of this Earth about him; as if he were the captain of the football team and prom-king for the Predator monster’s high school. Once he was cast as an alien on the Sci-Fi channel spin-off show Stargate: Atlantis, though, everything seems to have fallen into place and suddenly makes sense.
According to the Sci-Fi website, Momoa plays Ronan Dex, “A human native to the Pegasus Galaxy who fought the Wraith in defense of his planet…was captured, tortured and then released to become a ‘runner,’ the target of a Wraith hunting ritual. He has evaded capture for seven years.” We’re not even going to pretend we understand what’s going on there. Regardless, any local boy who can evade Development Hell and land an off-island gig on a major cult program is doing pretty a-okay—with or without the Dreads. (Is it just us or is that word beginning to look like an alien species?)—R.S.
© 2005 Honolulu Weekly
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Morjana
http://www.honoluluweekly.com/cover-...honolulu-2005/
(Please follow the link for the complete article.)
Best of Honolulu 2005 - Public Eye - EDITOR’S PICKS
Best alien: Jason Momoa
Although he shared screen time with the immortal Hasselhoff on Baywatch Hawaii, local-born, Iowa-raised Jason Momoa didn’t start generating serious nationwide prime-time buzz until he began playing bartender Frankie Seau on the ill-fated FOX soap North Shore. Playing the role with charisma and some serious dreadlocks, Momoa turned into the show’s only breakout star.
But with his exotic (to mainlanders) looks, there was something not quite of this Earth about him; as if he were the captain of the football team and prom-king for the Predator monster’s high school. Once he was cast as an alien on the Sci-Fi channel spin-off show Stargate: Atlantis, though, everything seems to have fallen into place and suddenly makes sense.
According to the Sci-Fi website, Momoa plays Ronan Dex, “A human native to the Pegasus Galaxy who fought the Wraith in defense of his planet…was captured, tortured and then released to become a ‘runner,’ the target of a Wraith hunting ritual. He has evaded capture for seven years.” We’re not even going to pretend we understand what’s going on there. Regardless, any local boy who can evade Development Hell and land an off-island gig on a major cult program is doing pretty a-okay—with or without the Dreads. (Is it just us or is that word beginning to look like an alien species?)—R.S.
© 2005 Honolulu Weekly
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Morjana
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