In the television series Frontier, Jason Momoa’s character is blind in one eye. This left many fans wondering if Momoa is also blind in one eye himself.
Though he plays a half-blind character, Jason Momoa is not blind in one eye. Jason Momoa also went on to play a fully blind character in the television series See, but in both series he was just acting.
Continue reading to find out how Jason Momoa played a half-blind and fully-blind character.
Jason Momoa in Frontier
Frontier is a historical drama set in Canada. It is about the North American fur trade in the 18th century and is a Netflix series, released in 2016.
Jason Momoa’s character, Declan Harp, is a half-Irish and half-Cree Native-Canadian person who is trying to abolish the Hudson Bay Company’s monopoly on the Canadian fur trade. His character is also blind in his left eye.
This storyline likely stemmed from Jason Momoa’s scar above his left eye in his eyebrow. This scar was not makeup though, he really does have a scar.
In 2008, Mamoa got into a bar fight at the Birds Cage in Hollywood, California and got hit in the eye with a pint glass. It took 140 stitches to fix, leaving him with the scar. He says he does not mind the scar though.
In fact, he says that: “he was almost glad it happened, because it changed his ‘pretty boy’ image, which he’d been stuck with since he was a teenage model.” Jason Momoa’s fans seem to agree and like his scar as it even has its own Facebook page.
This was not the first injury he got that furthered his ‘bad boy’ image. Before filming the movie, Conan the Barbarian, in 2011, he told a friend that with a broken nose, his character would look more authentic.
Following that comment, his friend punched him in the face and broke his nose. It seems like Jason Momoa likes to fully commit to his roles, but he was still only acting like he was blind in one eye for the series.
Jason Momoa in See
Not only did he play a character that was blind in one eye in Frontier, his character in the movie See was fully blind.
See is an Apple TV+ science fiction television show. It is set in the future, where the entire human race has lost the sense of sight.
Jason Momoa has a starring role as the character Baba Voss. His character is the father of twins, Kofun and Haniwa, who were the only ones in society born with sight.
Jason Momoa had to receive a lot of training to accurately portray a blind character. This was especially challenging as there are fight scenes in the series and every character is meant to be blind.
Momoa says to prepare, he trained with a movement coach and a sightless fighting coach. He also wore a blindfold for two weeks to try to mimic being blind.
He says during this time, all of his senses opened up. But, goes on to say that the series was also the most challenging thing he’s ever done. He further says that it is probably his best work.
To make sure the series was accurate and inclusive, they had a Blindness Consultant, Joe Strechay, consult on the project. He has previously worked on series like Marvel’s Daredevil and The OA.
They also hired actors and actresses that were actually blind or in the low-vision community. The blind community that worked on the series were surprised at how inclusive it was as they have said that filming can usually be a tough process for them.
So, Jason Momoa is neither blind nor blind in one eye in real life. He only plays those characters.