Jonathan Majors must first reflect on and learn from his past before moving forward in his acting career.
In his recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 35-year-old actor opened up about his 2023 conviction on assault and harassment charges stemming from an altercation with his then-girlfriend.
Majors, known for his role as Kang in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, revealed his feelings of being fired after completing a domestic violence intervention program and probation. His legal team informed him of the news as he left the courthouse after his sentencing in December.
“He goes, ‘I’m just going to tell you now. That way you’re not surprised, and you can start processing it. They fired you. Marvel fired you,’” Jonathan Majors recalled.
However, this seemingly won’t be the end of his superhero career. The California native is apparently in talks for a new caped film project, but not with Marvel or DC. “[It’s] a pretty wicked story,” he remarked. “I’m glad to be reading. Sometimes it feels like [a career resurgence is] not going to happen. And sometimes it feels like we start next week.”
Elsewhere during this interview, Jonathan Majors opened up about his intervention sentence, revealing that it led him to unpack sexual abuse he experienced from men and women as a nine-year-old a year after his father left their family.
“From people who are supposed to look after you, in the absence of a father,” Majors explained. “I was f***ed up. […] I’m like, ‘It’s not even an issue, mom. I just want you to know,’ [he told his mother during a conversation about the abuse]. And now we can all get busy and continue to connect and grow and learn from it, because it’s something that was in our family.”
Furthermore, this healing process also led to reflections on the mistakes Jonathan Majors made in his relationships, calling back to his domestic violence case. “There are no excuses, but by getting help, you begin to understand things about yourself,” he stated. Hopefully there are only brighter days ahead for everyone involved.
