Frontier star guzzles beer, dazzles spectators with axe-throwing skills - Action News
Home WebMail Thursday, November 14, 2024, 03:54 PM | Calgary | 7.4°C | Regions Advertise Login | Our platform is in maintenance mode. Some URLs may not be available. |
NLVideo

Frontier star guzzles beer, dazzles spectators with axe-throwing skills

Frontier star Jason Momoa stopped by Jack Axe's on Friday, putting on a show for the crowd with some long-range bull's-eyes.

Actor Jason Momoa of Frontier and Game of Thrones is making a mark in St. John's

Frontier star shows off axe throwing skills in this video from Instagram, edited to remove swearing.

8 years ago
Duration 0:24
In an Instagram video Jason Momoa strikes a bullseye

Adrian Beatonsaid he had a big surprise come through his door on Friday, when Frontier star Jason Momoashowed up at his axe-throwing business Jack Axes.

Beaton said the six-foot-three hulk commanded the room, drawing the attention of all patrons as he showcased his axe-throwing skills for the crowd and the cameras.

Jason Momoa shows off his axe-throwing skills on Friday night at Jack Axes. (Jason Momoa/Instagram)

Momoaasked someone to start filming him before giving a plug for the axe-throwing bar, taking a mouthful of beer and chucking an axe into thebullseye from well, wellbeyond the regulation line.

"I gotta give him a lot of credit," Beaton laughed. "The whole commercial thing, we didn't even ask him to do that. He was just like, 'Take a video of this! Take a video of this!'"

In a separate video, Momoa can be seen walking to the far end of the room and firing a full-size axe at the target, some 30 feet away.

"It's not about getting the rotation, it's not that difficult to throw an axe," Beaton said.

"But I don't know a lot ofpeople strong enough to throw it that far."

The actor, born in Hawaii and raised in small-town Iowa, isbest known for his role as Khal Drogoin the HBO series Game of Thrones. He's in St. John's filming the second season of Frontier thefur-trading period dramafrom Discovery Canada and Netflix by Take the Shot productions, the company that produced Republic of Doyle.

Momoa's character on Frontier, Declan Harp, is a fur-trading outlaw with a penchant for gruesome violence often involving axes.

Away from the screen, Momoa is known for his outgoing personality and interaction with fans, something noted by Beaton on Fridaynight.

"He's a nice guy, a great guy. He's a giant presence, that's for sure."