Jason Momoa Raves About Working with 'Wonderful' Child Actor Marlow Barkley: 'My Babies Are the Same Age'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jason Momoa and Marlow Barkley.Photo: Broadimage/Shutterstock

For his latest movie,Jason Momoanot only got to channel his inner kid — he got to work with one for the first time.

And theDunestar said starring with Barkley, his"first time working with a kid actor,“went so well in part because of his relationship with his children.

“My babies are the same age as [Marlow],” he recently toldE! News, referring to his sonNakoa-Wolf, 13, and daughterLola Iolani, 15. “She was wonderful. She’s so talented. She’s intelligent but at the same time, wasn’t trying to be older.”

Barkley raved about Momoa, too, telling the outlet, “He was everything I wanted him to be, and more. Always made me laugh. Always knew how to have a good time.”

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Jason Momoa and his kids.BauerGriffin/INSTARimages.com

The actor,who announced his separationfrom wifeLisa Bonetin January, added that the role not only let him bond with Barkley as he does with his kids, but let him explore his own inner child, too.

“I was just trying to be younger than her and just be caught up in that forever-boy age,” Momoa said.

In August, theGame of Thronesalum told PEOPLE that playing Flip"unlocked a lot of things"for him. When he got to watch the movie in full — with his kids, Barkley and her family — he got emotional: “It’s weird when you tear up watching your own stuff.”

“It blew me away, and I just was so emotional,” Momoa continued. “This role just let me really be free, and the character is so fun.”

Jason Momoa and Marlow Barkley.Charley Gallay/Getty Images

“Working with Jason onSee, I saw characteristics in his personality that I knew would work really well with Flip,” Lawrence, 51, told PEOPLE. “So it was fun to do something completely different for the both of us that also allowed us to stretch our creative muscles in new ways.”

Slumberlandalso offered Momoa yet another chance toexplore what he said made him an actorin the first place.

“I’m trying to be as adult as possible. But the truth of it is, I just love to play, and it’s fun to be creative and use your imagination,” he told PEOPLE, adding, “My kids keep me young.”

Slumberlandis on Netflix now.

source: people.com