Don’t Recast Jonathan Majors: Marvel Needs to Cut Kang the Conqueror

Jonathan Majors, convicted on criminal charges, signals major shifts for himself and the MCU. Following verdicts in the Jonathan Majors trial seeing Johnathan Majors guilty on counts of assault and harassment, Marvel has dropped the actor. IGN's Kim Horcher breaks down why Marvel Studios should also part ways with Kang the character, as his launch as the next big-bad of the MCU hasn't really gone off without a hitch, plus Marvel has other big name villains like Galactus, Doctor Doom and Magneto just waiting to get into the action.

Disney/Marvel Studios didn’t wait long after the Jonathan Majors trial update to make their announcement they were dropping him. Jonathan Majors, found guilty in a New York courtroom, may signal the end of an acting career. Jonathan Majors, fired by his reputation, is now Jonathan Majors, fired from Marvel. What is Jonathan Majors’ future? Marvel may have planned for what to do about Jonathan Majors, evidence may show, well before the Jonathan Majors court drama even played out.
With Jonathan Majors fired, Marvel is at a crossroads. What more could the news of Jonathan Majors Fired as Kang mean? Who could replace Jonathan Majors? Fired Disney /Marvel villain aside, the company has had a real issue with the character. Could Jonathan Majors Fired from Disney mean more? Is there anything left for the character after the departure of Jonathan Majors? Fired from Kang isn’t enough because there could always be a Kang recast. It’s actually time to leave the character behind too.  

Kang the Conqueror in the MCU may not be the exact Kang the Conqueror Loki, comic fans, or even Marvel studios was expecting. What went so wrong with Kang? He Who Remains had an impressive first appearance in the MCU in Marvel’s Loki, but he isn’t making quite the impact we might have expected based on the Marvel Comics version. Judging from the first season finale of Loki, Kang the Conqueror posed a multiversal threat as fans wondered “Who is Kang the Conqueror?” and could he be the end for our anti-hero in Loki season 2.

Decidedly, no. The Marvel Cinematic Universe seemed to have big plans for the new encompassing villain at Marvel Studios, with designs for a Kang Dynasty movie. But one thing tipped fate in the other direction: Quantumania. Jonathan Majors aside, his character as the erstwhile Avenger villain just don’t seem to work as the Kang the Conqueror Marvel Comics promised us just doesn’t match the version of Kang the Conqueror Jonathan Majors actually plays on screen.
Should this be the end of the Kang the Conqueror Marvel experiment? Is there still room for Kang the Conqueror, MCU-wide? We’re breaking down the case against Kang in here at IGN. Don’t forget to follow our other IGN MCU coverage, MCU analysis, and more. Let us know your thoughts on the viability of Kang the Conqueror!

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[Elibbb-sxkg]

The US court defeat kang faster than the Avengers

[iLLiCiT_XL]

Marvel fumbled Kang so badly. The case against Majors wasn’t even the issue. And his performance in Ant-Man certainly wasn’t the problem. Kang should have defeated Ant-Man. This would have established him as an actual threat. He should have appeared in more movies, creating a thread that actually connected this phase. He had the potential to be an incredible villain but they completely mishandled him.

[ramboluib]

Putting Kang in the Ant-Man movie and having him defeated made the biggest mistake in the Multiverse Saga. That film has no consequences whatsoever.

[docrobo]

The whole buildup for the Multiverse saga will be so disappointing if they just cut Kang. Also cutting Kang makes Loki's sacrifice meaningless and would also mean that Loki's decision has no real consequence or repurcussion. He Who Remains kept things going the way they were to stop the multiversal war from happening. What Loki did won't stop the multiversal war from happening again, it will only allow the multiverse to continue to grow without the loom pruning the timelines. Incursions will continue to happen and we should see the multiversal war break out again followed by battle-world in Secret Wars.

[LightCombat-ejem]

If they cut kang im literally not excited anymore for marvel

[BurningOrchid]

Kang is literally the easiest character to recast. There are infinite versions of him, so he’s not bound by race, gender, age, or anything else that would usually matter when adapting a character. Literally just find any qualified actor and move on

[js]

Finish this story and see Kang through. Recast him. They are in the multiverse and this is the best excuse as to why his variant looks different

[JBrotsis]

Don’t cut Kang! Stop encouraging the MCU to throw away great comic characters because of the actors. We’ve already lost T’Challa! There’s nothing wrong with recasting! And so far, if you haven’t been impressed with Kang in the MCU, blame the writers, directors, or the studio. If the actor had better material, Kang could be more imposing.

[BootsMcGavin]

Kang was not KILLED in Ant Man + The Wasp. Loki's season finale confirmed as much. Terrible reasoning on that point.

[theecmedian]

In order to get a proper new villain, Kang has to be fleshed out. Rushing in a new character would be a disservice, can’t do Dr Doom like that. He would need his own saga of movies

[madgamermag]

I’d rather they recast Kang than abandon the story they’ve set up.

[TFedits]

This is a horrible opinion. It will make Loki's sacrifice seem pointless. Just recast and build him up better. We need to see why Kang was posed as such a grave threat.

[Montrarious]

The fact that people actually think he died in Quantumania is a head scratcher. He clearly was going to return, otherwise it would've been much more definitive than what was shown.

[himanshu]

No just recast him. Kang has variants come on.

[itsjavy]

Just so we are clear, it’s not the character, the actor, or the verdict, but rather the story that is the problem with this phase of the MCU. Majors killed the role so much so they wanted to make him the central villain. Loki 2 was epic. The problem with Quantumania was that Kane, being so powerful, was defeated by Antman and friends which is ridiculous. That doesn’t seem like a multiversal threat at all.

[radiofriendlybox]

the bold move would have been to let kang win in quantumania. the repercussions wouldn't necessarily have to be immediate. they could have still worked towards the next avengers movie. it would've been "easy" to have the exiled one be attacked by the kang council and killed, showing how much more dangerous these other variants could be. that's what the post-credits should have shown.

[itizwhatitiz]

Absolutely no. Kang needs to be there now, recast.

[jonaspetty]

This is the worst idea! There's nothing wrong with recasting a character. Dumping Kang means dumping everything that came out after End Game. The Character is great and has a LOT of potential that was not yet explored by Marvel. They have to dump the bad writers or executives pressing those artists.

[shottahuncho]

Loosing your job over a misdemeanor is crazy

[Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Gotta let it ride with Kang so that they can learn from their mistakes and perfect Doom.