The actor - who plays the fictional ancient warrior in a new film adaptation - shuns modern gadgets as he feels they interfere with the simple way he likes to live his life.

Jason - who raises two children, daughter Lola Iolani Momoa, four, and son Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa, two, with his actress partner Lisa Bonet - told totalflim.com: "A lot of people ask that question, `Do you like TV?` and we don`t actually own a TV. People normally have a cell phone, they have email, they have computers, they have a TV. And I don`t have any of them. In these times that`s considered barbaric to a civilised world."

While the actor - who has also appeared on TV shows including `Game of Thrones` and `Stargate Atlantis` - doesn`t care much for seeing himself on the small screen, he does enjoy trips to the cinema, for the experience of watching a movie with other people.

Jason, 32, added: "I guess if I had a home entertainment system that was like a screening room it might be different but I love going to theatres. It`s a communal thing and you go there with like-minded people to see something which you love.

"I get my popcorn and my hot tamales and I love when the lights go down and I watch the previews. To me that`s my tradition, that`s my childhood. That`s when I escaped and went into different worlds."
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