Jonathan Majors Walked Out of His First Meeting with Marvel Studios
Jonathan Majors is the new big bad of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and he is set to appear as Kang the Conqueror Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. But, that’s just the beginning for him as his reign of terror will extend all the way to 2025's Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. So fans better get ready because things are going to get pretty wild!
It turns out that Majors almost missed out on this epic opportunity! In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the actor revealed that he walked out of his first general meeting with the studio. That's right, he just got up and left because he didn’t want to waste anyone’s time. He explained:
“I hope this doesn’t bite me in the ass, but I walked out of my Marvel general [meeting]. This was a long time ago. I had just gotten out of drama school and I’m running around town and I’m sitting in the office. I grew up in a very particular way and I don’t want to waste nobody’s time. So I got in there and they’re just busy. And I was like, ‘I’m supposed to be here, right?’ It got long and I went, ‘I’m just going to go. It’s cool. I’ll just go.'”
So, Majors got up and started to leave, but luckily he didn’t make it out of the building. He went one to share what happened next:
“I got to the door, but then they said [casting director] Sarah Finn was going to come. We got in the room and we chatted. We were having this great conversation. I think it was three years later that we had the Kang chat. And there’s no trepidation now, especially because of who Kang is. When I said yes, we got the whole picture, and what is being laid out is cohesive.”
Now Majors is playing one of the most complex and fascinating villains in the MCU and if anyone was going to be able to effectively pull this off, it is him. Just wait until you see what they have planned for him when you watch Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Kevin Feige also recently talked about how Kang is Marvel’s highest-rated villain in history with test screening audiences! He explained:
"For years, we’ve always had the inkling that Kang would be an amazing follow-up to Thanos. He’s got that equal stature in the comics, but he’s a completely different villain. Mainly, that’s because he’s multiple villains. He’s so unique from Thanos, which we really liked.
"In the early days of Quantumania [test screenings], Jonathan started to pop in a big way. He’s the highest-testing villain we’ve ever had in any of our friends and families [screenings]. That’s really saying something with a movie like this. Even early on without the effects, Jonathan is his own effect. He was working from the start."
I thought Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was a fun movie, and while it wasn’t perfect, it still offered some great entertainment. Majors stole the show, though, and and I’m excited for what they have planned for him in the future.