Analysis: What Jonathan Majors' dramatic rise and fall says about race and justice in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Majors was not afraid to admit it: He was terrified of the boogeyman.
Majors was thrilled to be swept up in a whirlwind that had anointed him the hottest, freshest face in Hollywood. But he was also aware that success of the magnitude he had achieved could come crashing down at any moment.
"Though I've not seen the boogeyman, I know it's out there," Majors told the Associated Press in an interview published in March. "And I've been around to know it's comin'. I won't go down my rabbit hole of death, but it's comin'. But you outrun it. You just stay out of the frame. I'll stay out of the frame, make my work."
That work ignited awards buzz this year with the just before his key turns in back-to-back No. 1 movies — as super-villain Kang the Conqueror in and as 's vicious opponent Damian Anderson in — delighted audiences. And it brought the 33-year-old from breakout roles in the indie film and HBO's to the brink of superstardom, his ascension propelled by sexy magazine covers and consistently strong performances in projects such as and
