Disney fired Jonathan Majors, who played Kang the Conqueror, the new supervillain of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, who was found guilty of assault and harassment allegations against him.
Marvel Cinematic UniverseIt was decided that the next big bad after Thanos would be the character named Kang the Conqueror, and the actor who made a name for himself with the movie Creed III was chosen for the role. Jonathan Majors was chosen. Majors, who played the role of Kang in various productions, had been trying to defend himself in court against the accusations made against him by his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari. The court found Majors third degree intentional assault and harassment found him guilty. Thereupon, Disney fired Majors.
Following the incident with his girlfriend about eight months ago, Majors four charges was located. The claims of Majors, who denied the accusations and made counter-accusations at the first stage, were not accepted by the court. After two weeks of trial, the jury found Majors not guilty on two of the four counts but ruled against the actor on third-degree intentional assault and harassment charges. Majors’ sentencing hearing on February 6 Possible penalties include imprisonment of up to one year or conditional release.
Another blow to Majors from Marvel
entertainment360 management company and public relations firm The Lede Company, stopped representing Majors after the initial accusations. Majors was removed from the cast of the movie “The Man in My Basement” in which he was to star. featuring himself US Army and Texas Rangers baseball team ads were taken off the air. Spike Lee’s “Da Understudy” and the Dennis Rodman movie “48 Hours in VegasStarring Majors, who has not yet been announced about his role in “”Magazine Dreams” movie was also removed from the release calendar.
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe Kang character the future too This decision became the subject of controversy. The movie, which will be shot under the name Avengers: Kang Dynasty, has already started to be called Avengers 5. Although it is possible to have another actor play the character, it is also stated that Marvel may turn to a different chief villain.
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