Jason Momoa says his family was 'starving' and 'completely in debt' after his 'Game of Thrones' exit

• In an interview with InStyle published Tuesday, Jason Momoa said he "couldn't get work" after appearing in "Game of Thrones."
• Momoa played the Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo in the HBO show but was killed off in season one, which aired in 2011. It wasn't until later that the show became a massive hit.
• "It's very challenging when you have babies and you're completely in debt," Momoa told InStyle.

Jason Momoa said he couldn't get work after starring in season one of HBO's "Game of Thrones."

The actor played the Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo, who weds Emilia Clarke's Daenerys Targaryen but is killed toward the end of the show's first season, which aired in 2011. Drogo's death came before "Game of Thrones" became a huge hit, so Momoa didn't feel the full success of appearing in one of the biggest-ever television series.

Momoa is married to Lisa Bonet, who starred in "The Cosby Show." The two made their marriage official in 2017 but had a ceremony in 2007, before "Thrones." They have two children together: a daughter born in 2007, and a son born in 2008.

In an interview with InStyle published Tuesday, Momoa said: "I mean, we were starving after 'Game of Thrones.' I couldn't get work."

The only credit Momoa managed to get during the year after season one of "Thrones" was in the action movie "Bullet to the Head." He followed that up with three indie movies in 2014 and a couple of TV-show appearances.

"It's very challenging when you have babies and you're completely in debt," Momoa told InStyle.

But since "Thrones" has become a mega-hit, so too has Momoa. He starred as Arthur Curry, aka Aquaman, in one of the DC Extended Universe's biggest and best-reviewed superhero movies, and he has starred in two TV shows, Netflix's "Frontier" and Apple TV's "See."

Momoa is also set to reprise his role as Aquaman in Zack Snyder's recut of "Justice League" and feature in the highly anticipated Denis Villeneuve sci-fi movie "Dune" alongside Timothée Chalamet and Oscar Isaac.

Speaking to InStyle about seeing the "Dune" trailer for the first time, Momoa said: "It was 'Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem,' and I'm just like, 'Oh my god. I can't believe my name was with those names.' I feel like I'm still a kid, freaking out."

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