Fall of Jonathan Majors...
After an indie-film breakout just four years ago, he was headed to the A list. But a criminal conviction immediately jeopardized his leading-man status.
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It’s hard to mint a new movie star these days, which is why people in Hollywood were so high on Jonathan Majors. Cerebral and charismatic with the muscular build of an action hero, the 34-year-old actor had risen quickly from acclaimed indies to big blockbusters. This was supposed to be the year that would turn him into an A-lister, aided by the massive releases of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and “Creed III,” as well as an Oscar contender, the prestige drama “Magazine Dreams.”
Instead, Majors has flamed out in spectacular fashion. Charged in March with attacking his girlfriend at the time, Grace Jabbari, Majors was convicted on Monday of reckless assault and harassment; sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 6. (He was acquitted on two further counts that involved acting with intent.
Just after the verdict was read, Marvel Studios announced it would no longer continue with the actor, who had been cast as the supervillain Kang and was set to recur as that character in a number of the studio’s properties, including the next two mega-budget “Avengers” movies. It’s further confirmation that this Hollywood up-and-comer has now become a persona non grata. Searchlight Pictures had already removed “Magazine Dreams,” in which Majors played a steroid-addled bodybuilder, from its year-end release calendar, though many who saw the intense drama during its Sundance Film Festival premiere in January had predicted that it could earn Majors his first Oscar nomination.
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