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Oct. 20, 2014 / 5:24 AM

Watch Jason Momoa's impressive 'Game of Thrones' audition tape

Here's why HBO cast Jason Momoa as Khal Drogo.

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Jason Momoa's intense audition tape for Game of Thrones hit YouTube back in 2012, but made the rounds again on Sunday.

Momoa -- who went on to play Thrones' ferocious Dothraki chieftain, Khal Drogo -- won over HBO execs with his unusual audition. The 35-year-old actor is of Native Hawaiian descent, but performed his own rendition of the haka, a traditional Maori war dance.

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Momoa, who only appeared in Game of Thrones' first season, will also play Aquaman in the highly anticipated Batman v Superman film, set to hit theaters in 2016.

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