Actor Jonathan Majors, who was convicted on December 18 of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend, was dropped from a biopic about Dennis Rodman, in which he was supposed to play the role of the famous American basketball player.

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Titled “48 Hours in Vegas,” this feature film was supposed to tell the story of the star forward of the Chicago Bulls during his crazy trip to Las Vegas in the middle of the 1998 NBA Finals, News.ro reported with reference to RMC. Fr.

The 34-year-old actor, who starred in “Creed III” and played Kang in the Marvel Studios (Disney) series, was found guilty of third-degree assault and harassment by a six-person jury in December. He was acquitted of two other charges.

His sentence, which could be up to one year in prison, will be announced on February 6. But the Marvel franchise has already decided not to work with the actor.

The actor was arrested on March 25, 2023, after an argument in a car with his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari, who was testifying during the trial in Manhattan court.

According to his testimony, the actor pounced on her to take his phone after an argument in the car, grabbed her arm hard and hit her on the head. The lawyers of Jonathan Majors demanded his complete innocence.

After appearing in The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019), the actor also starred in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods (2020), followed by HBO’s Lovecraft Land and Creed III, the sequel to Rocky”.

He then entered the Marvel Universe with the Loki series and Ant-Man and Goofy: Quantum Mania, in which he played the villainous Kang.

Before the trial, he was slated to appear in two upcoming films in the franchise: Avengers: Age of Ultron and Avengers: Secret Wars.