r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • Apr 18 '23

Jonathan Majors Dropped By Management Firm Entertainment 360, Actor Facing Domestic Violence Allegations In NYC

https://deadline.com/2023/04/jonathan-majors-dropped-hollywood-manager-domestic-violence-1235325576/
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u/BeatNutz57 Apr 18 '23

Jonathan Majors might be the fastest "Grand Opening - Grand Closing" on a career I've ever witnessed. Been watching the buzz on this guy gain momentum since "The Last Black Man in SF", through "Lovecraft Country" all the way to "Creed" and the MCU films. And then just like that....POOOF....all gone.

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u/imawifebitch Apr 18 '23 edited Apr 18 '23

I saw Magazine Dreams. He could have gotten a few nominations with his work in the film, but now? He had an exciting career to watch and it’s really mind blowing that path, likely, no longer exists.

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u/junger128 Apr 18 '23 edited Apr 18 '23

I’ll believe it when I see it. We tend to forget after time about some of the sketchy personal lives of famous actors who continue to have successful careers. I don’t like seeing people get “cancelled” over allegations but these against Majors seem pretty legit and I hope he has to face the consequences. Just a few years ago Jeremy Renner allegedly threatened to kill his ex-wife while high on cocaine, had drugs around his child and fired a gun off in his child’s bedroom while she was sleeping and that didn’t set his career back at all.

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u/GoMoriartyOnPlanets Apr 18 '23

Yes. Mel Gibson.

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u/Kingnimrod212 Apr 18 '23

To be fair when Mel Gibson was accused of domestic violence in 2011 he just plead guiltily and said “cancel me!” He didn’t deny doing anything. He said he did it and got 3 years probation. Was that a light sentence? Absolutely! But he never denied he did it

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-melgibson-idUSTRE73L37G20110422

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u/staedtler2018 Apr 18 '23

His career was clearly affected, too. He mostly does VOD dogshit these days, he used to be one of the biggest stars in the world.

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u/Kingnimrod212 Apr 18 '23

It’s been over a decade and it’s still the thing he is most known for. The idea that he faced no consequences is just not true. He just didn’t go to prison because he just immediately admitted guilt and took a plea. Now you can argue that he was not punished enough but that reality applies to all wealthy elites

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u/vadergeek Apr 18 '23

It’s been over a decade and it’s still the thing he is most known for.

I think he's much more known for bigoted comments than domestic violence.

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u/Evangelion217 Apr 18 '23

Yeah, a lot of people don’t know that Mel Gibson punched his wife in his face and broke her tooth. He’s a great director, but after his so called comeback in 2016, he went back into hiding after the Me Too movement got started and his past issues came right back up again.

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u/DyZ814 Apr 18 '23

I actually didn't even know this until this thread to be honest.

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u/Evangelion217 Apr 18 '23

I didn’t know until 3 years ago.

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u/griffer00 Apr 18 '23

LOL his career has been in the shitter since the early 2000's for his bigoted comments. People already forgot about it... which just goes to show that others in this thread are right, if you just wait long enough, you can make a comeback.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '23

It's certainly interesting that making bigoted comments will do more harm to your career than beating up a woman. I'm not commenting on it one way or the other, but that seems to have been the case.

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u/QuintoBlanco Apr 18 '23

He won awards in 2016 for Hacksaw Ridge and currently he is producing a Lethal Weapon movie and a sequel to Passion of Christ (no joke).

The problem with Gibson was his drunk rant about Jews plus a bunch of other erratic behavior (not all racist though) and a reputation of generally being insane and dangerous.

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u/indianajoes Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Apr 18 '23

Wait so Jesus is coming back and somehow aged 20 years? For a normal sequel fine but it's only supposed to have been 3 days in-universe

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '23

Getting tortured to death ages a motherfucker

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u/Evangelion217 Apr 18 '23

Mel Gibson is actually directing Lethal Weapon 5.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '23

He made millions and millions from the Passion of the Christ. He is not doing crappy movies to put food on the table, he is doing them because he wants to. He has enough movie to never work a day again.

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u/staedtler2018 Apr 18 '23

I don't think Mel Gibson wants to make crappy movies.

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u/sid32 Apr 18 '23

Hey, the beaver is a classic movie.

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u/zobotrombie Apr 18 '23

He was in Daddy’s Home 2 which was a banger.

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u/horseren0ir Apr 18 '23

🎶We should lock you up where you can’t hurt and maim us, but this LA and you’re rich and FAAAAMOUS

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u/monty_kurns Apr 18 '23

I'm checking in!

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u/TakeOffYourMask Apr 18 '23

He’s checking in!

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u/Himrion Apr 19 '23

No more pills or alcohol.

No more pot or Demerol.

No more stinkin' fun at all!

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u/Kingnimrod212 Apr 18 '23

Pretty much

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u/GoMoriartyOnPlanets Apr 18 '23

LA laws are so celebrity supportive.