Marvel Universe Thrown Into Chaos as Marvel Fires This Actor

On Monday, it was announced that Marvel’s latest Big Bad for the next few films in the franchise would be removed from his role. In several Marvel films, Jonathan Majors was playing He Who Remains, or Kang the Conqueror, acting as the next opponent to the new Avengers team.

According to reports from Deadline, Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Co. announced that they would be dropping Majors from all future projects after the actor’s conviction for assault and harassment on Monday.

Jonathan Majors was a lifelong army brat who spent his childhood moving across the country to various military bases with his family. While he credits theaters for pulling him out of his rough adolescence, he quickly found his way into the film industry after studying theater at the University of North Carolina and Yale.

On March 25, Majors called 911 and reported that his ex-partner, Grace Jabbari, was unconscious in their apartment. Police then arrested Majors after finding apparent injuries on Jabbari, which included a laceration behind her ear and a bruised and fractured finger.

On March 30, Majors’ lawyer attempted to tarnish Jabbari’s credibility by releasing text messages allegedly sent to Majors. In the text message, Jabbari appears to accept all the blame for the incident, writing, “I told them it was my fault for trying to grab your phone. I only just got out of [the] hospital.”

Jabbari testified that the incident occurred in a private car when she saw a text on Majors’ phone that read: “Oh how I wish to be kissing you.” Jabbari said she tried to take the phone from Majors, then accused the actor of hitting her in the head with his open hand, twisting her arm behind her back, and squeezing her middle finger until it fractured.

Majors and Jabbari met on the set of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” two years ago. Their relationship has reportedly been rocky from the beginning. Prosecutors shared text messages in the court that showed the actor begging Jabbari not to seek hospital treatment for an earlier head injury.

Despite recordings of Major declaring himself a “great man” while simultaneously questioning if Jabbari could meet the high standards set by the partners of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama (a move his attorneys said was part of a plot to “destroy” his career), Jabbari stated in her four-day testimony that was afraid “physically quite a lot.”

Jonathan Majors was found guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and guilty of harassment. Majors’ sentencing is set for Feb. 6, with up to a year in prison, but probation or other non-jail sentences are also possible. Majors was found not guilty of intentional assault in the third degree and not guilty of aggravated harassment in the second degree.

The charges came as a shock to almost everyone. Majors’ public persona during his rise through Hollywood showed a soft-spoken man who had a sensitive masculinity. He became a prominent voice in indie films, with his recent film, “Magazine Dream,” getting picked up by Searchlight Pictures after its Sundance premiere.

Marvel is likely to take one of two paths. The company could recast the part to a new actor, though it is unclear how many actors would want a role in a franchise that is suffering at the box office and was once attached to an actor who was publicly fired.

“Avengers: Kang Dynasty” quickly got a new name after it was announced the Majors was fired. The Hollywood Reporter announced that Marvel Studios hired “Loki” creator Michael Waldron to write a new script for the film, which has been renamed “Avengers 5.”