More trouble in paradise. Marvel Studios would be ready to replace Jonathan Majors as Kang, following the actor’s arrest. The rumor comes from Jeff Sneider, who has a good reputation for spreading information about superhero movies and science fiction. He commented on it on the podcast Hot Mic.
As he explained, the studio is getting ahead of a situation that could get much worse, and they are looking for an actor like damson idris (snowfall, Outside the Wire, Black Mirror) to replace Jonathan Majors. “The study is immersed in internal discussions to find possible options.” The movement seems like a contingency plan in case the actor is found guilty of gender violence.
Still, Jonathan Majors claims to be innocent, with his lawyers issuing statements that the thirty-year-old woman who accused him has withdrawn the lawsuit. But the response from a part of the industry and from Hollywood has not been good. The United States Armed Forces pulled a TV ad featuring the actor. Days later, directors like A. B. Allen (Rough Draft, your turn, Italian Men) explained their experiences with Majors on social networks:
“There is one actor in particular, new to Hollywood, that all of Twitter has fallen in love with, who is actually a wicked, cruel and abusive person. Both personally and professionally. Every viral tweet I see makes me feel sick,” Allen said. in February. When the news of Majors’ arrest broke, the director confirmed that it was the actor.
The actor tim nicolai (FBI: Most Wanted, The Good Fight, Madam Secretary) has also expressed his bad experience with Jonathan Majors. “I’m just going to say one thing about Jonathan Majors: people at Yale and the community in New York have known him for years. He’s a sociopath and a bully, and that’s how almost anyone describes him.” It’s a shame it took so long to get charged.”
Marvel and Disney are also taking steps back on the actor. On the cover of the digital edition of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniahis face does not appear, only Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly.
The importance of Jonathan Majors as Kang in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
After the success of the first three phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Thanos as the archenemy to defeat, they went ahead to look for a new actor who could be present throughout the next three phases. Especially since Josh Brolin wasn’t always the Mad Titan. In his first appearance, during one of the post-credit scenes of Avengers (2012) played by Damion Poitier.
The idea with Jonathan Majors is to build Kang over various series and movies, making sure to get the right actor to play him. The character is so important that one of the Avengers movies is named after him.
The departure of the actor from the Marvel Cinematic Universe would be one more blow than the many that the franchise has received over the past two years. But it’s a salvageable situation: In the end, part of Kang’s dilemma is the thousands of variants of him in the Multiverse. So technically, the most dangerous version of the character can have a completely different look, being played by another actor.
At the moment there are no official statements from Marvel / Disney or the representatives of Jonathan Majors. The next appearance of him will be, in theory, during the second season of Loki.