CinemaSpy: In terms of the growth that you are experiencing, the introduction of [Jennifer] Keller [Jewel Staite] and last season with the chemistry between you, what do you think that’s doing in terms of opening up Ronon and for you, what’s it adding to your repertoire to play with him that you haven’t been able to do before?

Jason Momoa: It’s interesting, because someone asked me earlier about the ring. [He points to a gold ring in his dreadlocks.] I put this on me because my wife died in front of me on Sateda. One thing about Ronon is he holds a grudge. He’s very loyal, he’s got a lot of honour. Even though - I was thinking about this as an actor - would Ronon really have a love relationship? To me, no. Yes, a guy needs to get laid, but I don’t think it needs to be in the show. It’s cute what we’re doing with this whole love triangle, it’s nice. And it’s nice to see the softer side of Ronon, and being playful and sincere and seeing a side we’ve never seen. That’s nice. But ultimately, no-one wants to see Ronon in a love relationship. It would be nice, maybe to introduce someone that looked like my wife off-world, and she worked for the Wraith or something. And I try to get in and want to be in love and want to bring this woman back and they’re like, “No, you can’t bring her back.” Maybe I leave the team. “I want to be with this woman.” Come to find out that she’s not [what he thought] which closes me up even more. Which puts the walls back up.

CinemaSpy: Because the walls have come down.

Jason Momoa: The walls have come down.

CinemaSpy: Not completely.

Jason Momoa: No, they never will. That’s what holds that character together. There’s ones that get knocked back every season. This one is the first time I ever cried.

Question: Does that make him easier for you to play? Or harder?

Jason Momoa: Harder, because I’m pretty goofy and fun. I’ve got a decent sense of humour, and Ronon is just tunnel vision. It’s interesting now in Season 5 because I’ve never been a character for so long and I just slip into it. It’s weird. My voice isn’t like Ronon’s when I play it. It’s deep but it’s not like when I play Ronon.

Question: Even with the walls coming down, he’s always had problems with authority. He didn’t take to Weir right away. Same with Carter. What’s it like with Woolsey coming on?

Jason Momoa: Woolsey’s an easy pickoff. He’s a weaker McKay. But I won’t follow anyone’s orders except for Sheppard, and I follow his only because I know he understands me. Not that we’ve talked about it, but I was him on my planet. So I’ll play under his rules because I’m under his roof.

CinemaSpy: There’s a begrudging respect between Sheppard and Ronon.

Jason Momoa: Yeah. Sometimes Sheppard is wrong. Everyone is wrong. Generally we’re caught every episode - I’d never been caught so much when I was on my planet - it’s like, “You’re idiots. I’ve spent more time in a cell because we do some stupid ideas.” So Ronon’s always like, “No, we shouldn’t do that. We should do this.” Then it turns out to be wrong and it’s always like, “Duh. Anyone listen to me?”

CinemaSpy: Are we going to see more conflict between you and Sheppard?

Jason Momoa: No. Not too much more. In “Broken Ties” there is a little conflict, obviously, because I got to the dark side. It’s funny, because I wanted to put in a scene in where I punch Joe [Flanigan] in the face, and I asked him - because I live with Joe - “Is it all right if I punch you in the face, bud?” He’s like, “Oh, yeah.” I was like, “C’mon, bud, this will be good.” So we put it in and I just look at him and - POP! - hit him in the face and he goes down. It’s a cool banter we have. In real life, he’s my best friend, he’s someone who you have arguments and you’ll have disagreements and stuff, but ultimately I just respect him as a warrior.

Question: You mentioned that you’ve never played a character for this long. With this being your fourth year, how does it feel to be embedded in a character for this long? Do you feel itchy like you would like to move forward? Or are you enjoying this new part to your career where you can stay somewhere for a long time?

Jason Momoa: That’s a good question. I don’t watch TV. I’ve never seen Stargate SG-1. I don’t own a TV. I don’t have a computer. I use an old typewriter, like a 1920s typewriter that I write on. I’m just old fashioned that way. Old cars, old everything. The heart of it is. . . . I’d never seen the show, and what attracted me to the role was Ronon. I wasn’t a big sci-fi fan until now, because I’m on it. There’s just no rules and no limits to the things you can do. You can die, you can come back. It doesn’t matter. So I wasn’t a fan, now I am, and Ronon’s what attracted me to it. It just had that - when I first read it - Last of the Mohicans, Mad Max action thing. Kind of a Clint Eastwood western. Didn’t talk much, said everything through his sword and his gun. When he did say something it meant something. It was strong. I don’t want to have to do what David Hewlett has to do, which he’s amazing at. I didn’t want to do the jargon. It will be hard leaving this character. I got a lot of aggression out playing this role. I’ll definitely - when it ends - I’m going to miss playing Ronon. I’ve never played a character this long and it’ll be weird not playing him. I want to play other things. I wouldn’t say I’m sick of him, yet, but I think one more and I’ll probably be good. It’s just the point where - I’ll be 30 - it’s just time to move on. And want to play something else. Because it will get to the point - it sucks because sometimes it’s an ensemble cast and your just in the background and you don’t really get to paint. But when episodes come along like “Broken Ties”, you grow as an artist. It comes to the point where there’s only so much room to share. You can only get so much. To be selfish just because you want to do stuff as an artist. You want to find those places that Ronon helped me find. You just want to explore that. So, hopefully a couple more really good episodes.