FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, file photo, Gina Carano attends the LA premiere of "The Mandalorian" at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. In a statement Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, Lucasfilm said Carano is no longer a part of “The Mandalorian” cast after many online called for her firing over a social media post that likened the experience of Jews during the Holocaust to the U.S. political climate. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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NEW YORK (77WABC) – Gina Carano, who played Cara Dune in two seasons of Disney Plus’ The Mandalorian, will not appear in future seasons or spinoff Star Wars projects. Lucasfilm says Gina Carano is no longer a part of The Mandalorian cast after many online called for her firing over a social media post that likened the experience of Jews during the Holocaust to the current political climate.
A spokesperson with the production company said in a statement on Wednesday that Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm with “no plans for her to be in the future.”
“Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable,” the statement read.
Carano fell under heavy criticism after she posted that “Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…. even by children.”
The actor continued to say, “Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?”
Carano, who played the recurring character Cara Dune on the “Star Wars” series, deleted the post but it was widely shared online and spurred the #FireGinaCarano hashtag to trend. Her character appeared in several episodes of the second season of “The Mandalorian,” a series about a bounty hunter and his quest to unite a powerful, young user of the Force with a Jedi Knight.
Now #CancelDisneyPlus is trending on Twitter as many are now also protesting her firing also saying there’s a double standard when it comes to conservatives.
In 2018, Disney Studios cut ties with “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn, shortly after Gunn took responsibility for old, offensive tweets that joked about topics including rape and pedophilia. According to Fox News, one of the now-deleted tweets said, “I like when little boys touch me in my silly place.” However, Disney rehired Gunn recently despite the vile nature of his previous tweets.
Carano is well known as a former mixed martial artist whose Dune character used a mix of heavy weapons and her fists to best opponents. She’s been vocal about controversial subjects in the past such as mask wearing during the pandemic and alleged voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. She also mocked the use of gender pronouns, listing “beep/bop/boop” in her social media bio.
#Mandalorian actress #GinaCarano fired by Disney for social media post below 👇🏻#CancelDisneyPlus now trending pic.twitter.com/k4IO0zb00M
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