-Welcome back to "The Tonight Show."
Thank you for coming on.
You're hosting "Saturday Night Live"
for the second time. -Oh, my God. Yes.
-It's a big deal. -It's a huge deal, yeah.
The first time, obviously, is like...
I mean, that's the biggest dream come true in my life.
I mean, I grew up -- I mean, I grew up with Farley
and Sandler and you.
And I'm just obsessed with the show, right?
-I know. -You know that.
But to get invited back? -Yeah.
-I'm like -- I'm a -- -That's what I'm talking about.
-I'm a two-timer, baby! -Two-timer!
That means they like you! -That means me they like me.
I was actually -- when we went to the wrap party,
I was so nervous because I -- -The first time?
-Yeah, I would just sit with Lorne.
I'd be like, "Hey, how'd I do?" And Lorne,
"Jason, you were very good."
[ Laughter ]
-That's a pretty good Lorne.
-Yeah, he didn't talk to me too much, but that was my best.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's not bad.
-But anyways, I was just like, "Please --"
Yeah. I was just like, "Please, please, please."
He's like, "Just relax." -They got a great staff
up there, the great writers, the great cast.
-Amazing right now. Yeah, it's wonderful.
-I saw that you pulled up --
This is kind of pretty cool. This is rad.
You pulled up on a motorcycle and parked outside 30 Rock.
[ Laughter ]
That's kind of the way to do it.
[ Cheers and applause ] -[ Laughs ]
-Dan Aykroyd would be proud. Dan Aykroyd would be proud.
He's a motorcycle guy. Do you get scared?
I know the answer, probably, but I don't know.
Do you get scared driving a motorcycle in New York City?
-I was really scared. [ Laughter ]
-You were? -I was. I was -- I was scared.
And then when I got out there, I was like,
"Oh, this is amazing. I'm --"
It was like a video game. I don't even play video games,
but if I were to imagine what a video game is like...
-It'd be driving -- -In New York City.
It's literally like Grand Theft Auto slash...
Like, what is that one with the -- with the --
the thing trying to get across the road?
-Frogger? -There you go.
[ Laughter ]
With like, zombies. -That's so funny.
-The people are scarier because they don't give a crap.
They just, like, walk on street. So you're, like, going.
And the cars, at least, respect the people.
But, like, no, people will just walk across the street.
-New York is like, "Yeah, you're gonna wait
for me, buddy. Yeah, don't worry about it."
Yeah. "You don't want to run into me."
-But it was amazing. Just, like, perfect bluebird day.
It was just a little bit of a chill.
And I'm with my friends, and I'm riding in New York,
and I had my chopper here.
And just to be able to ride up to "SNL" is like, just pinch me.
Like, I wanted to do all the cool...
-I got to talk about this because you brought this out,
but you know that this is what we have backstage.
You started this -- Was it five years ago?
-So, I don't know if you know this,
but I literally -- I -- Before I came on five years ago,
I was pitching the idea to try to stop single-use plastic
to this company ball. And so I went, I did that,
and then I came here, and five years later,
you know, we've we've built Mananalu,
we've inspired other companies to be using this
instead of single-use plastic.
I was Aquaman. I was like --
-Mananalu. -Mananalu.
-Water in aluminum cans.
-Yes. Just so we stop single-use plastic.
Like, I want you to bring your own container.
If you refill it, I mean, whatever you want to,
but, like, when you go to the airport, anywhere,
it's like, if we can, just not use single-use plastic, please.
Just, like, it hurts our planet. I was like...
So, I made this and -- Yeah, five years ago.
So it's like, it's perfect. So I'm doing "SNL" second time.
I'll come back to be with you. And you -- you have it here.
-We have it back in our dressing room
before we even had you booked.
We just love you that much. -How cool is that,
that Jimmy is doing it? -No, we love you, bud.
This is in our dressing room. We love you.
-Yeah, I know. -I had no idea that you had it,
so I was, like, it's super inspiring that I just --
Thank you so much. That's respect.
-You know, we love you. You're a friend of the show,
and you're doing something great for the planet.
That's awesome, buddy.
Let's talk about "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom."
-Yes. -It's a giant, big, big deal.
It's a sequel. This is -- It's been pushed back.
-Yeah, I made a little money on the first one.
Just a wee bit. -Yeah, a little bit.
-It's been pushed back, yeah. -By the way, how about
the first one, by the way. When you came out for that,
you're like, "Yeah, Jimmy, I don't know.
It might be big. I don't know." it made like $1.2 billion.
Billion. -Yeah.
-Billion dollars.
-I didn't see that one coming. That was --
-No, you didn't see it coming. -I was humbly, like --
Like, "I'm probably gonna get fired."
-Yeah. You're like, "I hope it's good.
I don't know, man." But that's the best.
-It's exciting, yeah, yeah. -That's the best attitude
to have, though. You just did it for fun.
And when you make something with love, you can feel it.
-He was the most made-fun-of action -- or --
or, like, superhero there was at the time.
-Yeah. And you made it cool.
-Yeah. Well, it's just -- I think he's really cool.
I mean, I grew up a marine biologist.
Like, I wanted to save the oceans and help the planet.
And so, like, it's really cool to come, like, full circle.
And these little kids looking up to you.
-Yeah. And dressing like you.
-Yeah. Because normally it was like Drogo
and things you couldn't watch pre that, you know what I mean?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -But now it's like, "Oh, yeah.
You can watch me. All right. Cool."
And then, to do these other kind of things, it's really fun.
And I'm really excited for everybody to see it.
-Kind of on brand for you, yeah.
So, I mean, let's talk about the sequel.
What can we -- what can we say about it?
-Well, I mean, the first one was -- I had a big --
This is really cool because when I finished the first one,
I was really pumped, and I came back in,
and I wrote a treatment, and I went in and I pitched it.
And I just wanted to think of it like the idea --
Because now he's a father, he's married, he's the king.
Like, he was a slacker in the first one.
Like, he didn't want to do anything about it.
Now he's got all these -- Like, now he's just like,
"I don't know what to do."
And you basically get to go on that journey with him,
and you end up finding out that it's him and his brother,
and it becomes this journey that they go on,
and there are differences in how they save the planet.
But it's a really fun, like -- I love "Tango and Cash"
and, like, all these brothers, like, these really fun --
Like, the stuff I grew up with. -Yeah. Of course.
-And it's just -- it's just a lot of comedy,
which I never get to do,
so it was really fun to put that in there.
And then, obviously, action, because I'm probably
the best action movie hero in the world.
-Yeah, that's what I'm talking --
[ Cheers and applause ]
-I mean, I know you had The Rock on earlier,
and there's all those guys -- Hemsworth and things like that.
But the truth of it is, I'm the greatest, so...
-Yeah. -So there's that in there.
-Is it true this might be the last one,
or could there be a third "Aquaman"?
-I mean, this is kind of, like, the end of this --
-DC Universe. -DCU universe.
-Yeah, I heard that. -Unless, you know --
I mean, it's -- Things have happened before.
So I guess if people like it. But, yeah, there's --
There'll always be a place for me at DC.
-They will. There will, right?
-They like me. -They should like you, yeah.
-You know... -We like you.
-Yeah. -Yeah. We love you, in fact.
You -- December -- December 22nd...
[ Cheers and applause ]
...is when the movie comes out.
But I said, let's show a clip, and you go,
"Jimmy, come on, we're friends. I'm gonna show a clip.
I'm gonna bring you something special to show."
So thank you for this. This is the behind-the-scenes
exclusive that no one has ever seen that you are seeing
of "Aquaman." Come on.
That's what I'm talking about, buddy.
Let's take a look at a sneak peek.
Here we go.
-Just like any other superhero,
I put my suit on one leg at a time.
-Well, that's fun and easy.
-Hoo hoo hoo hoo!
Oh!
-Hey, Chelsea.
-Action!
-Yeah! Come on, now!
You made that for us.
Jason Momoa, everybody.
"Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" is in theaters and IMAX
December 22nd. Jason hosts "SNL" this weekend
with musical guest Tate McRae.