Jason Momoa Says His ‘Conan the Barbarian’ Remake Was “Turned Into a Big Pile of S***” | THR News - video Dailymotion

The 2011 Marcus Nispel-directed project followed Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1982 action movie of the same name.

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00:00Jason Momoa is opening up about one particular career misfire that still cuts deep.

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00:10In a new interview with British GQ, the actor opened up about how a project can be enjoyable to shoot

00:15and still end up not being well-liked due to problems in post-production, and then name-dropped the film.

00:21I've been a part of a lot of things that really sucked, and movies where it's out of your hands.

00:26Conan the Barbarian was one of them.

00:27It's one of the best experiences I had, and it was taken over and turned into a big pile of sh**.

00:33The 2011 film was released the same year that the actor made his Game of Thrones debut as Khal Drogo,

00:38and was based on the books by Robert E. Howard.

00:41His work also inspired the 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger starring action film of the same name.

00:47Momoa did not go into further detail about what specifically bothered him about how his Conan the Barbarian turned out,

00:53but clearly it might not come as a huge surprise.

00:56The Lionsgate film underperformed at the box office and currently holds a 25% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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