Jonathan Majors is speaking publicly for the first time since his domestic violence sentencing in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter. In the exclusive cover story, the embattled 'Magazine Dreams' star opens up about being abused as child, his Marvel firing and his fight for Hollywood redemption.
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00:00Jonathan Majors is speaking publicly for the first time since his domestic violence sentencing
00:04in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter. In the exclusive cover story, the embattled magazine
00:09Dreamstar opens up about being abused as a child, his Marvel firing, and his fight for Hollywood
00:14redemption. In December 2023, Majors was convicted of one count of misdemeanor third-degree assault
00:20and one count of second-degree harassment of his ex-girlfriend, British dancer Grace Jabari,
00:25after pleading not guilty. The actor, who played Kang the Conqueror in the MCU,
00:29said he learned that he had been fired by Marvel Studios from a member of his legal team following
00:33the verdict. Majors said,
00:35"...he goes, I'm just gonna tell you now. That way you're not surprised,
00:38and you can start processing it. They fired you. Marvel fired you."
00:42Majors says that after his trial, in addition to a domestic violence program,
00:46he underwent therapy and re-engaged with his pastor, and as a result began to unpack childhood
00:51traumas he had not confronted before. The actor revealed for the first time in the interview that
00:55he experienced sexual abuse as a child. He told THR,
00:59"...I dealt with sexual abuse from both men and women from the time I was nine.
01:03From people who are supposed to look after you, in the absence of a father. I was...up."
01:08The interview comes as Majors' film, Magazine Dreams, is finally being released by Briarcliff
01:12Entertainment on March 21, more than two years after the movie's Sundance premiere.
01:17Concerning his professional future, Majors said,
01:19"...do I hope to make more movies? Absolutely. That is my intention. But that's not my call.
01:24I don't have a studio, and I've given up control."
01:27The story features the voices of prominent Hollywood figures like Matthew McConaughey
01:31advocating for Majors' return to acting. McConaughey, who co-starred with Majors in
01:35the 2018 film White Boy Rick, told THR,
01:38"...I've known and know him as someone who is continuously striving to improve as a human,
01:42a man, and an actor. I believe in him."
01:45But Mara Hooper, one of two of Majors' ex-girlfriends who gave a pre-trial statement
01:48to prosecutors in his trial alleging abuse, isn't sold on Majors' comeback. She told THR,
01:54"...I don't really care that his movie is coming out. What do you get at the end of a 52-week
01:58domestic violence course? Do the victims get a debrief? How could I know if he's changed?
02:03I don't see redemption happening here."
02:05To read the full cover story, go to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.