Yesterday evening, news broke that Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania and Loki star Jonathan Majors has been arrested following an alleged domestic assault.
The actor is thought to be facing charges of strangulation, assault, and harassment. While he maintains his innocence, there have been additional allegations on social media from those who claim to have a history with the Creed III actor.
Last month, filmmaker A.B. Allen (Rough Draft) took to Twitter to mention an unnamed actor who "is a vicious, cruel, abusive human being, both professionally and in his personal life." Now, Allen has confirmed they were talking about Majors but declined to share more as it would "expose people who have been hurt."
Society Theatre co-founder and Broadway actor/director Tim Nicolai elaborated on that by stating, "folks at Yale and the broader NYC community have known about him for years. He’s a sociopath and abuser and that is how virtually everyone speaks about him."
Quizzed on why he, and others, haven't spoken out sooner, Nicolai put it down to the fact "a victim [needed] to come forward," adding: "A bunch of us are close with people (and sometimes multiple people) he has directly harmed...Literally people [Jonathan Majors] did this to are texting me right now. It’s not ‘I heard.'"
These comments should be taken with a pinch of salt as they're unfounded and there could be any number of reasons as to why both Allen and Nicolai are laying these claims at Majors' feet.
If this is going to open the floodgates to further allegations, one of Hollywood's quickest-rising stars could find his career about to reach a premature end. There's every chance the situation will be resolved without legal intervention, and Majors continues to maintain his innocence.
Marvel Studios and Disney have yet to comment.
What could this mean for Majors in the MCU where he's literally playing countless Variants of the same villain, Kang, as the Multiverse Saga's new big bad.
We'll be sure to keep you updated.