“I was in a different place”: the abandoned 2020 role that left Dan Stevens truly “gutted”
Dan Stevens says he was “gutted” to lose his role as Mooney in the 2020 Broadway production of Martin McDonagh’s play *Hangmen*. The show closed during the Covid-19 shutdown, and Stevens could not return when it resumed, ending a stage run he had loved.
The production completed 13 previews before closing; Stevens had been due to appear with Mark Addy and Ewan Bremner. Alfie Allen took over as Mooney for the play’s ten-week limited run in 2022. Stevens has not performed on stage since *Hangmen* closed, despite having acted in numerous plays earlier in his career.
In short
- Covid-19 halted Stevens’s Broadway run in *Hangmen*.
- He could not return when the production resumed.
- Alfie Allen played Mooney in the 2022 run.
Explained simply
Hangmen is a play by Irish-British writer Martin McDonagh, set around a pub in northern England after the abolition of hanging. Mooney is one of its characters, and Dan Stevens was cast in the role for its 2020 Broadway production.
Stevens had performed in theatre throughout his earlier career, alongside his work in film and television. The production closed after 13 preview performances when the Covid-19 shutdown halted Broadway; when Hangmen returned for a limited run in 2022, Alfie Allen played Mooney.