Jonathan Majors Defends Aggressive Onset Behavior

This week Rolling Stone Magazine published a scathing exposé on actor Jonathan Majors, interviewing some of his former cast mates and lovers [click here if you missed that]. 

Majors' team fires back, claiming some of his so-called bad behavior was simply method acting...

From Indie Wire

Jonathan Majors is being accused of taking Method acting to the extreme.

The “Creed III” actor, who was arrested on March 25 for allegedly assaulting, strangling, and harassing a romantic partner, is now being accused of acting “violently” on the set of “Magazine Dreams” and abusing crew members on “Devotion.”

A Rolling Stone investigative report noted that Majors was “physically intimidating” a “Devotion” crew member by screaming at them. In the film, Majors portrays the U.S. Navy’s first Black aviator Jesse Brown.

For Sundance film “Magazine Dreams,” producers allegedly warned production members to stay away from Majors due to his “Method acting” techniques.

“I’ve heard of different Method actors and how their behavior is, but none of them are violent or rude toward their crew,” one production source said, noting that Majors was “was completely disrespectful and kind of violent toward everybody” and crew members were afraid they were “going to get hurt.”

Majors’ attorney Dustin Pusch issued a statement to IndieWire in response to the additional accusations.

“Jonathan Majors vehemently denies Rolling Stone’s false allegations that he physically, verbally, or emotionally abused anyone, let alone any of his past romantic partners…The allegations that Mr. Majors got physical with or physically intimidated anyone on any movie set are downright false,” Pusch said. “Everyone who has worked with Mr. Majors knows that he employs an immersive Method acting style, and while that can be misconstrued as rudeness at times, those who know Mr. Majors and work in the industry have attested to his dedication to his craft as well as his kindness.”