Joe Manganiello 'has dropped out of the History Channel's Navy SEAL Team Six drama series due to health issues'
Joe Manganiello has dropped out of a project due to health issues.
The 39-year-old actor was set to film the History Channel’s Navy SEAL Team Six drama, but had to leave due to physical restraints, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Team Six was already in production and is searching for a replacement, UsWeekly added.
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Laying low now: Joe Manganiello has dropped out of a project due to health issues. The 39-year-old actor was set to film the History Channel’s Navy SEAL Team Six drama, but had to leave due to physical restraints, according to Entertainment Weekly; here he is seen in February
He has always been the picture of health: The Pennsylvania native bulked up for Magic Mike XXL in 2015
The issue is linked to a pre-existing condition, reported EW. It was added that Manganiello 'is not in danger,' but the 'physical demands' of the series were too high.
The eight-episode scripted military drama follows a Navy SEAL Team Six mission to eliminate a Taliban leader. The star was set to play the squad’s leader, Rip Taggart.
Taggart is a former leader of SEAL Team Six who protects an African village from Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram.
He's ok: The issue is linked to a pre-existing condition, reported EW. It was added that Manganiello 'is not in danger,' but the 'physical demands' of the series were too high; here he is pictured in March
Navy SEALs undergo brutal physical training and are asked to endure extreme hardship when on missions.
SEAL Team Six is a unit created in the aftermath of Operation Eagle Claw.
During the Iran hostage crisis in 1979, Richard Marcinko was one of two U.S. Navy representatives for a Joint Chiefs of Staff task force known as the TAT (Terrorist Action Team).
Happily married: In 2015 he wed Modern Family star Sofia Vergara in Florida; here they are spotted in September
The purpose of the TAT was to develop a plan to free the American hostages held in Iran.
In the wake of the disaster at the Desert One base in Iran, the Navy saw the need for a full-time counter-terrorist unit, and tasked Marcinko with its design and development.
Also in the History Channel series in Barry Sloane, Dominic Adams, Edwin Hodge, Kyle Schmidt, and Juan Pablo Raba.
Manganiello has seen a career upswing in recent years thanks to the success of True Blood and his role in the Magic Mike films.
In 2015 he wed Modern Family star Sofia Vergara in Florida.
The well-built star last worked on Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday, which hit Netflix in March.
A different job: The well-built star last worked on Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday, which hit Netflix in March
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