Owen Wilson isn't quite as into jet skis as his Loki character, Mobius
Wilson: "When you think about Walden Pond, you don't think about a jet ski screaming along."
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U.S. maritime law is a weird thing. You need classes, a test, and a license to drive a car, but in a lot of states, any old 12 year old can operate a jet ski without any license, training, or, really, supervision. Considering jet skis are 750 pound death rockets that are most likely capable of decapitating anyone who’s floating in the water, that’s not the best idea, but, hey, they sure are fun to ride.
Loki’s Mobius likes them, at least. He’s never been on one—that would be too unseemly given his status in the TVA—but he likes the idea of them. He likes the concept that the TVA is keeping life moving along for regular people who might want to coast across open bodies of water at dangerous rates of speed. If the TVA can’t protect the fun freedoms, what are they even doing?
Owen Wilson, who plays Mobius, doesn’t entirely agree. As he tells us in the video above, “I can’t say I’m a huge fan of jet skis. I put them sort of, but not quite in the category of leaf blowers. It isn’t a sound that I love. You know, when you think about Walden Pond, you don’t think about a jet ski screaming along.” He continues, “When I was like a kid, of course, I loved them. They seemed like the greatest thing. Now, I think I prefer the peace and quiet of just seeing a lake or looking out at the ocean rather than hearing [jet skis], although they are pretty fun when you get on them.” Amen, brother.
New episodes of Loki air every Wednesday on Disney+. Wilson will also appear in The French Dispatch, the new film by his old friend and collaborator Wes Anderson, due to hit theaters October 22.
Image credit: Marvel Studios.
12 Comments
I…what?
What I want to know is if Mobius loves custard.**Or was it mustard?
I rode a jet ski once. Rented it, took it out on the lake, had a fine time. BUT…at the end of the hour, the rental guys were a bit dismissive, because I hadn’t used much gas. I hadn’t, I guess, been the jet ski badass I was supposed to be. Looking back, I realize I should have at least raked a manatee or two. I didn’t, and the rental guys think I’m a wimp, to this day. I assume.
Ah you sure you weren’t just playing Wave Race: Blue Storm?
That was deep.
Jetskis are the shit if you’re riding the waves correctly. Having only really done it once, I got to experience it both as a newbie banging against the waves and as someone starting to get the hang of it. They’re like snowmobiles with the prospect of sharks being underneath your feet.
And also amazing on water as flat as glass, with a high powered one that can hit 60 or 70 mph. Which is like 200 on the water.
This is why I am convinced Mobius is a variant. Not a Loki, but some guy who went off the path in the 90s who still has a nostalgic fondness of discontinued energy drinks and jet skis. And way more empathy than anyone else at the TVA.
They’re actually called personal watercraft (PWC). Jet-Ski is a name brand under Yamaha.
They are actually called jet skis despite the best efforts of Yamaha. No one outside of dealers under threat of trademark suits calls them Personal Watercraft.
Like Kleenex.
Let’s go and find our new lives down by the jet ski junkyard.