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Jonathan Majors was rapidly ascending as one of Hollywood’s most promising talents. Marvel Studios placed significant confidence in him to anchor the future of the MCU, especially with his role as Kang the Conqueror—a multiverse-threatening villain poised to feature prominently in upcoming Marvel films and series.
However, his trajectory hit a major obstacle with the release of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which underperformed at the box office. Just as the fallout from that disappointment was settling, Majors found himself embroiled in serious legal trouble.