Actress Gina Carano says she found out she was recently fired from the Disney + series “The Mandalorian” via social media.
The 38-year-old entertainer played Cara Dune in the “Star Wars” series produced by Lucasfilm, which is owned by Disney.
Carano said in her Common Sense newsletter to former New York Times opinion columnist and editor Bari Weiss that she and Lucasfilm had been arguing for a while about what Carano was posting on social media. Recently, Carano drew criticism after she posted a message on Instagram comparing the political separation of today with the events in Nazi Germany.
“I, like everyone else, found out through social media that I was fired,” she revealed.
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Carano claims the friction started at Lucasfilm in November when she changed her Twitter profile and added ‘peep / bop / boep’ as her pronouns, which some people interpret as a mockery of the transgender community.
The former MMA fighter claims that Lucasfilm wants her to write an apology written by their team.
Actor Gina Carano claims she was excluded from printing for season 2 of ‘The Mandalorian’.
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“Earlier last year before ‘The Mandalorian’ appeared, they wanted me to use their exact wording as an excuse to use pronouns. I refused and offered a statement in my own words. I made it clear that I did not wants to do with the mockery of the transgender community, and has only drawn attention to the abuse of the mob to force people to put pronouns in their bio, ‘she explained.
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Per Carano, Lucasfilm allegedly killed her during the press for Season 2 of ‘The Mandalorian’.
“It was heartbreaking, but I did not want to take away the hard work of everyone who worked on the project. That’s why I said. “This was the last time I was contacted about any public statement or apology from Lucasfilm,” she said.
A Lucasfilm spokeswoman said in a statement by Variety on February 10: “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future. Nevertheless, her social media posts ‘People are downplayed because their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.’
Gina Carano was also dropped by her talent agency UTA.
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In the wake of her shooting, Carano was also abandoned by her talent agency UTA, and Hasbro apparently scrapped plans to make more toys based on her scientific character.
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In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, retailer BigBadToyStore noted that the company no longer produces action figures of Carano’s character in light of recent events, forcing him to cancel pre-orders.
“The Star Wars Black Cara Dune figure was released in 2020 and sold out not long after the stock was received,” a BigBadToyStore spokesman told the outlet on Monday. “Hasbro has planned for another production period and we are accepting pre-orders from that production period. Due to recent events, Hasbro has not been approved to deliver more of this figure.”
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Carano’s dismissal of Disney prompted many fans of both her and ‘The Mandalorian’ to sign a petition from Change.org asking Disney to reverse its decision to fire the actress.
Despite calls to reinstate her, Carano has already switched from “The Mandalorian”. According to Deadline, the Disney actress strikes back and cancels his culture by collaborating with Ben Shapiro’s The Daily Wire on a new film project.
Lucasfilm did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.
Fox News’ Tyler McCarthy contributed to this report.