Jason Momoa Is Doing the 'My Nepo Baby Kid Isn't a Nepo Baby' Thing

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The child of a famous actor gets cast in a film or TV series, and everyone swears up and down that the kid did it with no help from mom or dad. Well, guess what, you’re about to hear it again from Jason Momoa.

The actor’s son, Nakoa-Wolf Momoa, scored a role in Dune: Part Three, and according to his dad, he did it all by himself, which is not how any of this works. But whatever you say, Aquaman! Via THR:

“A rude awakening is what he’s in for,” Momoa said of Nakoa-Wolf’s casting. “He’s into the workforce for the first time. It’s going to be good. He did it on his own. I don’t want to help him, and he’s done it all on his own, and good for him.”

The actor added, “You want your children to be better than you, and I really, actually believe he is. I couldn’t do what he’s doing at his age. There’s no way I could sit in a room with Denis Villeneuve and hold my own. I was on Baywatch at 19. He’s 16 and holding sh** down with Denis Villeneuve.”

I love how close Jason Momoa is to getting it. There’s a reason he was grinding it out on Baywatch at the start of his career, and not starring in a major motion picture from a top-tier director right out of the gate. Gosh, I wonder what went differently here …

I’m not going to rehash this whole debate or even argue that any of these kids aren’t talented or hard working. I’m sure they are! What everyone seems to be allergic to in these situations is addressing the elephant in the room: A foot in the door is no small thing. It’s pretty much the whole ball game! Once you’re in, you’re in.

So unless Momoa’s son wore a disguise, used a fake identity, and was never once on the set of the Dune movies, then maybe I’ll believe he landed the role on his own. But we know he didn’t, so Jason Momoa should own it. You helped your kid out. That’s what parents do!