'Hadestown' Parts Ways With Actor Geno Segers After Online Outrage
The Hollywood Reporter • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Geno Segers will no longer join the Broadway cast of Hadestown after mutual agreement with the producers, with additional casting to be announced soon.
- Segers was set to play Hades opposite Amber Iman as Persephone, with a new cast starting September 1.
- The decision follows online backlash over Segers' past social media posts, which reportedly included statements against transgender individuals and trans athletes.
- Segers has since made his Instagram private and removed videos from his YouTube channel amid the controversy.
- The producers did not specify a reason for the casting change in their official statement.
