Game of Thrones Jason Momoa could have been Batman if it wasn’t for Ben Affleck

He may have won our hearts as the ponytail-wearing Khal Drogo in Game Of Thrones, but Jason Momoa had his heart set on playing another huge character when it came to the big screen.

The 38-year-old actor revealed that he originally auditioned to play Batman in the DC extended universe movie franchise, but landed the part of Aquaman instead.

Speaking to Hindustan Times, Momoa – who has recently wrapped up filming for his own spin off ‘Aquaman’ – said: ‘When [director] Zack [Snyder] first approached me, it was a bit of a mystery because when I went in for the audition, he wanted me to read for Batman’

Any hopes of landing the part of the caped crusader soon disappeared after Momoa revealed that ‘Ben [Affleck] had already been cast in the role by that point.’

‘So, I knew something fishy was going on and just read the lines with a lot of attitude, like I didn’t care what was on the page.’

‘And then Zack said to me ‘Do you know who I want you to play?’ I said ‘Oh yeah, I’ll be a villain or some bad dude who comes in and fights Batman – sounds like fun’.’

‘And he said ‘I want you to play Aquaman’.’

Not landing the role of Gotham city’s superhero seems to have still paid off for GoT favourite, with Momoa reprising his role as Arthur Curry/Aquaman in Justice League this month, alongside Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg and Henry Cavill as Superman.

The Hawaii-born hunk is honoured he has been handpicked to star in the movie, and he has recently taken to social media to thank the 51-year-old filmmaker for casting him in the production.

Speaking previously, he said: ‘SO many beautiful MEMORIES it’s been awesome going through my phone.’

‘I wish I could show more Mahalo to my team you know who u are I will take you with me in my heart always.’