Taron Egerton has explained his decision to leave the West End production Cock, which ended its 12-week long limited run last month.
At the time of his departure, Cock producers said that the 32-year-old’s exit was due to “personal reasons” while Egerton’s understudy Joel Harper-Jackson fulfilled the role alongside Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey.
Egerton’s departure occurred a month into the revival of Mike Bartlett’s comedy, after a series of unfortunate events for the Rocketman star.
In the first preview of the play, Egerton fainted onstage mid-performance and after a brief return to the production, he tested positive for COVID and was forced to pull out and isolate.