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Has Jonathan Majors been fired from the Marvel movies?

Aaron Walker  |  8:44 AM on April 21, 2023

It looks like Jonathan Majors’ career may be over, perhaps for good.

Majors had been cast as Kang the Conqueror, a character who was being set up as a significant villain in upcoming Marvel movies, possibly rivaling Thanos. He had already kind of, sort of played the character in Loki series and another version of the character in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. And all indications were that he was going to be a major presence in the Marvel movies for years to come. And that was on top of a number of roles he had gotten in other movies, most prominently being in Creed III and Devotion.

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And then he was arrested for alleged domestic violence on March 25, which, allegedly, hospitalized his girlfriend. His representatives claimed innocence and even produced alleged text messages that, honestly, don’t really help him very much if they are genuine:

We would remind you, dear reader, the concept of ‘pressing charges’ is a Hollywood myth. Movies and TV shows constantly talk about whether a victim is ‘pressing charges,’ as though it is up to the victim to decide whether to go forward with charges. In America, criminal cases are about the government going after a person. The government is the other party in a criminal case, not the alleged victim. The alleged victim technically has no say in the matter, though his or her input will probably be considered.

Aside from all of that, however, another shoe just dropped for Majors:

The linked article really doesn’t say more than that in terms of what these other victims had to say, except for this tidbit:

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And so suddenly many, many people began to drop him:

And Comic Book Resources reports that Marvel may have set up a contingency plan to replace him.

Meanwhile, Midnight’s Edge has a cogent argument that Marvel has already decided to replace him and they are just waiting to announce it:

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We think a great deal of what they say in the video is credible but we’re not sure they are right on everything. We particularly notice that their grand unified theory as to why some stars get let go immediately and others don’t (they chalk it up to loyalty) doesn’t quite line up with history. Still, their views are worth considering.

Of course, there were reactions:

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It’s a point that has been on our minds: will studios start to require a psychological assessment of actors and actresses before they are cast in their franchises? We shall see.

That’s a pretty funny reference to the fact that Terrence Howard played Rhodey in the original Iron Man, only to be replaced by Don Cheadle in the rest of the movies where he appeared. And indeed, in Majors’ case, it wouldn’t even be very difficult to explain the change—assuming they bother to explain it at all.

If you have seen Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: No Way Home, or even Everything Everywhere All at Once, then you are familiar with the concept of the multiverse, the idea there are multiple universes which often contain different versions of the same character—and they don’t have to look very similar at all. So, Marvel can simply cast a different actor to play Kang and explain that this version of Kang just happens to look different because that’s how he looks in the universe he is from.

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As we were just saying!

Less humorously, some of those reactions included some accusations of racism:

Still, there are many differences including how long the individual actor was in the industry, how large of a draw he or she is at the box office, how difficult it would be to recast, the severity of the accusation, or even which studio is involved. It’s hard in that situation to say it definitely would have worked out differently if Majors was white.

In any case, the story is sad, whether he is guilty or not. If he is guilty, it’s a story of a talented actor being brought down by whatever drove him to commit these acts, which is tragic for that reason—and one can feel that way without advocating for a lighter punishment (assuming he is guilty). If he is innocent, then it is the story of a man brought down by false allegations, which is inherently sympathetic.

But to lighten things up, let’s examine one person’s very questionable idea for recasting:

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(Stifling laughter.) We’re going to go out on a limb and guess that would be a little too controversial for Marvel.

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