The Broadway production of “Hadestown” has announced that actor Geno Segers will no longer be joining the cast, following the emergence of controversial comments he made regarding transgender individuals. Segers had been scheduled to assume the role of Hades starting Sept. 1, as part of an all-new principal cast for the Tony Award-winning musical.

In a statement released Sunday, the producers and Segers confirmed a mutual agreement that he would not join the production. While the statement did not specify the reasons for his departure, the decision followed the circulation of online videos in which Segers expressed views on transgender rights that drew criticism.

The videos, reportedly from Segers’s YouTube channel and subsequently removed or made private, show the actor addressing the transgender community. In one clip, Segers said he supports people living as they choose but opposes their rights overriding those of others. He also stated he does not perceive transgender people as oppressed. Another segment features Segers questioning the practice of asking for preferred pronouns and making comparisons between transgender people and individuals who falsely claim service animals to secure airfare discounts. The timeline for when these videos were recorded is unclear.

Segers and his representatives did not respond to requests for comment at the time of the announcement.

“Hadestown,” which has played at the Walter Kerr Theater for seven years, is a musical adaptation of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. With music and lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell and direction by Rachel Chavkin, the production incorporates a New Orleans blues and jazz style. It earned eight Tony Awards in 2019, including best musical.

Alongside Segers, the new principal cast announced included Amber Iman as Persephone, Jasmin Savoy Brown as Eurydice, and Kayko as Orpheus. The production stated that additional casting information would be provided in the future.

Segers’s background includes roles as a singer and voice artist, with his career beginning as Mufasa in the Australian staging of “The Lion King.” His television credits include appearances on “Yellowstone,” “Teen Wolf,” and “Castle.”