Näyttelijä Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on jo vakiinnuttanut asemansa supersankaroinneissa, mutta ei kuitenkaan itse pidä lajityyppiä järin vakavana. The Watchmenissa ja Aquamanissa nähty heppu kertoi Vulturelle kuvauksen siitä, millaista se supersankarointi elokuvissa on. Pellen keikasta on kyse.
"Everything should be about getting to the truth. But sometimes you got to know which movie or genre you're in. Something like Aquaman, that's clown work. Aquaman is not The Trial of the Chicago 7. You gotta get over yourself. In order to survive and to do it well, you have to play that game and then be crafty about when you want to surprise the audience, the director, or yourself with a little bit of 'Wow, I didn't expect to see a Chekhovian thing or August Wilson and Aquaman, but I did.'"