'Reacher' actor says he lost a role because he isn't vaccinated for COVID-19
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- An actor on Amazon Prime's "Reacher" said he lost a role because he is unvaccinated.
- Matthew Marsden decried the treatment of "conservatives" in Hollywood in a series of tweets.
- Marsden plays Stan Reacher, the father of the show's titular character.
An actor on Amazon Prime Video's "Reacher" said that he was recently fired from a role because he is not vaccinated for COVID-19.
Matthew Marsden, 49, has appeared in five episodes of the Amazon Prime original series as Stan Reacher, the father of the show's titular character, Jack Reacher. Marsden has also appeared in 1 episode stints on several other television shows including NCIS, Ghost Whisperer, Two and a Half Men, and Castle, among others.
Marsden has been vocal about his skepticism of the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines on his Twitter account.
On Thursday, Marsden tweeted that he "lost a job last week" because he is "unvaccinated."
"If more people stood up In Hollywood, or any other profession and said " no" then these vaccine mandates would have gone away," Marsden said in a follow-up tweet.
—Matthew Marsden (@matthewdmarsden) December 8, 2022
Marsden followed up the claim with a series of tweets on Saturday decrying the treatment of "conservatives" in Hollywood and the television industry.
"The fact is that conservatives that speak out are not supported by their team," Marsden wrote. "You get cancelled, it's on you. You get attacked on the left, and your team rushes to help you. Financially. Morally. With PR. This is why more don't speak out. We abandon our own. It has to change."