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Stuart Townsend, Irish actor and common-law husband of Charlize Theron, has reportedly left Kenneth Branagh’s Thor for Marvel, over creative differences.

Townsend had been cast as Fandral, an ally of Norse god Thor [Chris Hemsworth]. He was replaced by Joshua Dallas, according to the two sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record. The cast change came as production was about to begin. Shooting starts Monday on the movie directed by Kenneth Branagh. [AP]

This is only the latest poor career move for Townsend, who may be best known for playing the version of Lestat the vampire who sang Korn songs in Queen of the Damned — the film Maddox called “the worst movie ever made” (I saw it. I agree.)  Townsend was also originally cast as Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings movies before being replaced by Viggo Mortensen the day before filming began. But he later went on to do The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, so I guess that worked out.  Anyway, I guess this means he’ll have to spend more time lounging in the sun with his gorgeous movie star wife on their private island.  What a f*ckin loser.