Is there a reason heās performing the All Blacksā haka?
Woah. Did not expect a Haka, but it makes a lot of senseā¦
Wow he really bulked up for the role. He was one of the better characters and I miss the big lug.
I figured his audition would be more like āHi, Iām Jason Momoa and Iām probably the only guy my size and shape who looks good and has done professional acting work who isnāt Dwayne Johnson. I look forward to hearing back from you.ā (drops the mike)
He mispronounces quite a lot of itā¦and cultural appropriation is a very contentious thing. It is thought that Maori, who settled NZ around the 14th century, originally came from Hawaii though.
Ka mate, ka mate! ka ora! ka ora!
Ka mate! ka mate! ka ora! ka ora!
TÄnei te tangata pÅ«huruhuru
NÄna nei i tiki mai whakawhiti te rÄ
Ä, upane! ka upane!
Ä, upane, ka upane, whiti te ra!
IIRC the Hawaiian word for the Hawaiian people is Kanaka Maoli (Maori and Maoli being cognates).
Iām not sure about the direction of the Polynesian migrations, thoughā¦
āHawaikiā not Hawaii http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiki
Pretty good choice of audition material really - couldnāt exactly pull out a Shakespeare soliloquy for that role and Ka Mate is probably the best known piece in the genre. Does give the impression that he picked up what he could off a youtube vid of the All Blacks (Itās no Kapa Haka Nationals performance) but it does show what he was bringing to the character Drogo.
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