Emilio Estevez is off "The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers" after refusing to provide assurances he'd ..
Emilio Estevez is off “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” after refusing to provide assurances he’d comply with vaccine mandate
https://awfulannouncing.com/disney/emilio-estevez-is-off-the-mighty-ducks-game-changers-vaccine-mandate.html
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers has been a hit for Disney+, with the show about a new generation of underdog Minnesota hockey players (who have to take on the Ducks team established in the original series that’s now the top dog) officially renewed for a second season this August. But Gordon Bombay won’t be appearing in that second season. Emilio Estevez, who played famed coach Bombay in the three original movies and now in the series, will not be returning. And as per Nellie Andreeva at Deadline, that’s over his refusal to indicate he’d comply with the vaccine mandate Disney has instituted for the cast and zone-A crew.
Estevez is not the first person to leave Disney over a vaccine mandate. While that doesn’t yet apply to all their existing shows, it applies to all their new shows, and to employees without an exemption; Allison Williams left ESPN over this, and Sage Steele stayed but protested. And he’s not even near the top of the list of the vaccine discussion Friday, as that would be Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ bizarre interview with Pat McAfee.
But this is a notable change for The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers. Yes, Estevez wasn’t the only notable person here; the cast also includes Lauren Graham, and a number of promising young actors. And yes, there’s some precedent for a non-Bombay story; the third movie in particular featured Estevez in a very minor role, with the players moving on to a new high school team. (That was reportedly because Estevez was focused on his directing of The War At Home.) But this season of Game Changers will be the first Mighty Ducks content (live action, not the similarly-named but unrelated animated series, which was about actual ducks) without Estevez/Bombay whatsoever. We’ll see how it does.
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to be so wealthy, and stupid, that you can kiss a few hundred thousand dollars goodbye, along with your health.
That Estevez/Sheen family was never very intelligent to begin with.
I didn't realize Emilio was getting a lot of movie roles to begin with, let alone roles in movies where you don't have to follow COVID-19 protocols. I think the porn industry even requires it. Must be performing in snuff films to keep the bills paid? 
