Jonathan Majors is still open to reprising his slated role of Kang the Conqueror for the MCU — that is, if Marvel would have him back.
Majors was fired from Marvel parent company Walt Disney Co. after being found guilty of assault and harassment in December 2023. The actor had appeared as Kang in “Loki” Season 2 and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” The character was set to lead two MCU installments, “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” and “Avengers: Secret Wars,” to bring in the new Phase of the franchise.
After his firing, rumors circulated that Majors was going to be recast. Instead, it was announced that Robert Downey Jr. would instead be playing the new MCU baddie Doctor Doom, with the upcoming “Avengers” film retitled “Avengers: Doomsday.” Academy Award winner Downey previously played Iron Man for more than a decade in the MCU.
However, Downey being back doesn’t mean that Majors is giving up hope. The actor told TMZ that he would still play Kang if fans wanted him to and if Marvel would hire him again.
“Hell yeah! Hell yeah! I love him. I love Kang,” Majors said. “If that’s what the fans want, and that’s what Marvel wants then let’s roll. Hell yeah.”
He added that he was “heartbroken, of course” to not be part of the planned MCU rollout.
“I love Kang. Doctor Doom is wicked, though,” Majors said.
Majors was arrested March 25, 2023 on charges of assault, strangulation, and harassment of ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari, who was hospitalized with “minor injuries to her head and neck” allegedly as a result of an incident with Majors. She was granted a full temporary order of protection ahead of the trial.
He was sentenced to a one-year domestic violence treatment program in April 2024.
Additional accusations against Majors surfaced of toxic on-set behavior of “Magazine Dreams.” A lawsuit against the actor was also filed in Britain citing multiple charges of assault stemming from various other accusers. To note, “Magazine Dreams” was removed from the release calendar by Disney/Searchlight prior to the verdict in Majors’ trial.
Majors was also dropped by his management company Entertainment 360 and recast in multiple upcoming projects including Protagonist Pictures’ adaptation of the Walter Mosley novel “The Man in My Basement” and an unannounced Otis Redding biopic.
