Fans Upset Tenoch Huerta Mejia Reprising Namor Role In Avengers Doomsday But Jonathan Majors Remains MIA
- Kris Avalon
- Mar 29
- 3 min read
Ever since it was announced that Tenoch Huerta Mejia would be reprising his role as Namor in Avengers Doomsday, there have been mixed reactions from people on social media.
via: The Root
Marvel fans all over the world were excited on Wednesday when the cast for their upcoming film, “Avengers: Doomsday” was announced. But conversations about the movie quickly took a turn thanks to the inclusion of one actor, namely Tenoch Huerta and the exclusion of another, namely Jonathan Majors.
It’s no secret as to why Majors wasn’t named in the laundry list of actors. Just moments after he was convicted of reckless assault back in December 2023 stemming from his domestic dispute trial, the studio called one of his managers to tell him that they’d be parting ways and he’d no longer be playing to coveted role of their next “big bad” Kang the Conqueror.
As for Huerta, who played villain Namor in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” back in 2022, his return to the MCU only makes sense as it was clear form the aforementioned film that the studio had plans to build upon his storyline. However, as many pointed out, not too many months after Majors’ allegations from his domestic dispute incident hit the internet, Huerta was hit with allegations of his own.
To be specific, an alleged ex-girlfriend of his accused him of sexual assault in June 2023. Huerta denied the allegations at the time, calling them “false and offensive.” Huerta nor his accuser have yet to go to court over the claims.
Yet and still, the memory of the allegations were still fresh on folks’ minds when Marvel’s new reveal hit the internet and people took no time at all hopping on Twitter to call out the difference in how the giant studio was treating the two men.
Avengers: Doomsday cast list
Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman, from Fantastic 4
Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson, Captain America
Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier
Letitia Wright as Shuri, the Black Panther
Paul Rudd as Ant-Man
Wyatt Russell as John Walker, the U.S Agent from Thunderbolts*
Tenoch Huerta Mejia as Namor
Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm, The Thing, from Fantastic 4
Simu Liu as Shang-Chi
Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, the Black Widow from Thunderbolts*
Kelsey Grammer as Beast from X-Men
Lewis Pullman as Sentry from Thunderbolts*
Danny Ramirez as the Falcon
Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm, the Human Torch from Fantastic 4
David Harbour as Red Guardian from Thunderbolts*
Winston Duke as M'Baku
Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost from Thunderbolts*
Tom Hiddleston as Loki
Patrick Stewart as Professor X from X-Men
Ian McKellen as Magneto from X-Men
Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler from X-Men
Rebecca Romijn as Mystique from X-Men
James Marsden as Cyclops from X-Men
Channing Tatum as Gambit from X-Men
Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic, from Fantastic 4
Robert Downey Jr. as Victor Von Doom, Doctor Doom
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I truly believe that the Marvel overlords has their best private investigators look into these allegations before they brought Tenoch back as Namor. To be honest, I despised they way Kang was handled in Ant-Man & The Wasp. I never got around to watching Loki season 2, so I have no ides how his character was handled there.
As for the comparisons between Tenoch and Jonathan (which I knew would happen the moment his chair was shown), Jonathan went to trial, was found guilty, and days before Magazine Dreams was released in theaters (which flopped, BTW) audio leaked of Majors admitting he "aggressed" Grace Jabbari.
All we have to go on with Tenoch and his ex-girlfriend is accusations, he said, she said if you will. Nothing has become of the case, so Marvel felt compelled to move on and bring him back into the fold.
I know it may be hard for some people to wrap their head around this concept, but people are innocent until proven guilty.
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