<p id=”par-1_60″>Jonathan Majors is back… kind of. The former Hollywood star faces another career crossroads as <em>Magazine Dreams</em> hits theaters. When the drama premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2023, Majors received Oscars buzz. Three months later, his <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/celebrity-scandals/”>whole world crashed down</a>. Now, the 35-year-old is rehabbing his reputation and explaining how his life has <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/jonathan-majors-controversies-impacted-net-worth.html/”>changed since his misdemeanor assault charge</a>.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jonathan-Majors-Sundance-Film-Festival-2023.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Wearing a hat and purple sweater, speaks to fans at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023″ class=”wp-image-3790097″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Jonathan Majors at Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2023 in Park City, Utah | Momodu Mansaray/Getty Image</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-2_70″>In February 2023, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-star-jonathan-majors-sums-workout-routine-word.html/”><em>Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania</em> introduced Majors</a> as Marvel’s newest villain, Kang the Conqueror. He was coming off the largely praised war drama <em>Devotion</em> and celebrating the premiere of <em>Creed III</em>. Add indie flick <em>Magazine Dreams</em> to his resume, and Majors was one of the fastest rising stars in Hollywood. Then, in March 2023, police arrested Majors after a domestic violence incident involving his then-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jonathan-Majors-trial-Meagan-Good.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Holding hands, Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good leave the courthouse following closing arguments in Majors’ domestic violence trial” class=”wp-image-3790098″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Actor Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good leave the Manhattan courthouse following closing arguments in Majors’ domestic violence trial on December 15, 2023 | John Nacion/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-3_73″>During a recent interview with <a href=”https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/03/18/jonathan-majors-interview-magazine-dreams/82487456007/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>USA Today</a>, the Yale graduate acknowledged that “it’s well recorded where my career was and where everything was at that moment in Sundance.” Marvel fired the Majors. Roles dried up, and <em>Magazine Dreams </em>was shelved despite receiving heavy mentions of 2024 Academy Awards contention. Majors was <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/meagan-good-jonathan-majors-leaves-court-sentencing.html/”>found guilty of one misdemeanor assault charge</a> and one harassment violation. He underwent a year-long counseling program beginning in April 2024. </p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-3″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jonathan-Majors-fiancee-Meagan-Good.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Meagan Good kisses Jonathan Majors on the cheek at a ‘Magazine Dreams’ special screening” class=”wp-image-3790102″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good at the ‘Magazine Dreams’ special screening on March 17, 2025 | Alberto E. Rodriguez/Variety via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-4_75″>Two years later, Majors is <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/meagan-good-calls-jonathan-majors-god-send.html/”>engaged to fellow actor Meagan Good</a>, who stood by his side through his trial. He attributes being “an isolationist, a bit of a lone wolf” to causing some of his dysfunction pre-arrest. Majors told USA Today, “There is a need to have support and help. And you have to help and support yourself — your full self, not just your mind, not just your body, not just your heart.” </p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-4″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jonathan-Majors-mom.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Sitting with his mother, Jonathan Majors kisses her on the cheek at a screening of Magazine Dreams” class=”wp-image-3790101″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Terri Anderson-Mays and Jonathan Majors at the ‘Magazine Dreams’ screening in West Hollywood | Eric Charbonneau/Briarcliff Entertainment</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-5_78″>The <em>Loki</em> actor has tried to “relearn so many things,” mentioning that <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/jonathan-majors-reveals-strange-habit-inspired-by-moms-advice.html/”>he and his family are dealing with</a> his “buried-away childhood traumas” and his experiences of “sexual assault as a young boy” for the first time. Days ago, Majors told <a href=”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/jonathan-majors-interview-trial-marvel-magazine-dreams-1236162848/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The Hollywood Reporter</a> that he experienced “sexual abuse from both men and women from the time I was nine.” As he heals from his past experiences, he acknowledges he still needs to be accountable for his actions. </p>
<p id=”par-6_40″>“Am I going to fall into that narrative of falling apart, of self-destruction?”<em>The Harder They Fall</em> actor asked. “Have a struggle, blame the world; have a struggle, hate yourself; have a struggle, deny everything. None of those narratives is beneficial.”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-5″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jonathan-Majors-Michael-B-Jordan.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Laughing together while doing push-ups, Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors on ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’ on March 6, 2023″ class=”wp-image-3790096″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors on ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’ on March 6, 2023 | Terence Patrick/CBS via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-7_63″>As actors like Michael B. Jordan and Matthew McConaughey vouch for Majors’ character. Both have said they’d <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/creed-iii-movie-review.html/”>love to work with him again</a>. And Majors says he has an “<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/jonathan-majors-passion-acting-never-abandoned-me.html/”>even bigger appetite</a>” for acting. USA Today reporter Brian Truitt asked a follow-up question many fans have wondered since Majors’ arrest: “If Marvel calls tomorrow and offers you Kang back, do you say yes?”</p>
<p id=”par-8_10″>“Yeah, of course I say yes,” Majors immediately responded. </p>
<p id=”par-9_84″>The former <em>Lovecraft Country</em> star wiped away a tear as he said he felt he had to earn love from others by performing well. “Now I’m in a space where I have enough confidence in myself,” he stated. “Not my talent but in myself, the thing I’ve been sitting with for two years. I can give you all of me as a character between action and cut, and I can give you all of me as myself in the trailer and [off the set].”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-6″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jonathan-Majors-Magazine-Dreams-indie.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=’Wearing a blue velvet jacket and black pants, Jonathan Majors smiles at a Special Screening of “Magazine Dreams’ class=”wp-image-3790099″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Jonathan Majors at a special screening of ‘Magazine Dreams’ on March 17, 2025 in LA | Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-10_77″>Are fans buying the new Majors? So far, the response has been divided. Many cite the countless overlooked domestic violence incidents committed by Hollywood actors. Why did Majors get canceled when Brad Pitt allegedly created a <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/brad-pitt-allegedly-caused-25000-worth-damage-angelina-jolie-plane-2016-outburst-according-fbi-records.html/”>heinous incident on a private plane</a> with then-wife Angelina Jolie and their children, for example? A <a href=”https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1id5778/magazine_dreams_official_trailer_in_theaters/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Reddit</a> user commented on the <em>Magazine Dreams</em> trailer, “Not saying [Majors] deserves a second chance. But I am asking what makes him not deserve one?”</p>
<p id=”par-11_54″>Other fans believe Majors lost his chance at an enduring A-list acting status when he committed assault. “What a waste of talent. He had everything. People were rooting for him,” one Redditor wrote. Another alluded to his potential Oscar nomination with <em>Magazine Dreams</em>, saying, “Worst case of 1st ballot bag fumbling I’ve ever seen.”</p>
<p id=”par-12_50″>Majors seems to fall somewhere in between. “All I can do, like [<em>Magazine Dreams</em> character] Killian, is dream and hope and put a plan in place … In this next chapter, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/meagan-good-jonathan-majors-flaunt-sizzling-chemistry-forever-premiere.html/”>I am the best version of myself</a>, not just playing a really cool character in a really cool way.”</p>