Gina Carano learns that she is no longer part of the cast The Mandalorian in the same way you did, she revealed in an interview published Tuesday.
Carano was fired from the Star Wars series last week after a series of controversial messages were posted and posted, one comparing a political conservative in America to Jews in Nazi Germany and another mocking people for wearing masks. She has previously fueled conspiracy theories about election fraud and Jeffrey Epstein.
Disney has released a widely circulated statement saying: “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 are degrading people based on their cultural and religious identity, abominable and unacceptable. “
Carano spotted the news online.
“I found out via social media, like everyone else, that I was fired,” she said.
The actress explained that she had been reprimanded for her remarks in the past, the time she mentioned her personal pronouns in her Twitter biography as ‘peep / bop / boep’.
‘Earlier last year The Mandalorian came out, they wanted me to use their exact wording for an excuse to use pronouns, “Carano said.” I refused and offered a statement in my own words. I made it clear that I did not want anything to do with it. do not mock the transgender community, and only draw attention to the abuse of the mob to force people to put pronouns in their bio. ‘
After that, she claims that since 2019 she has not been promoting for the Disney + hit for which she played Cara Dune over seven episodes.
“It was heartbreaking, but I did not want to take away the hard work of everyone who worked on the project, so I said,” Carano said. “That was the last time I was contacted about any kind of public statement or apology from Lucasfilm.”
Yahoo Entertainment reached out to both Disney and Lucasfilm for comment.
Since Carano was fired from the show, United Talent Agency has reportedly dropped her as a client.
Toymaker Hasbro confirmed on Tuesday that it will no longer offer Carano’s Mandalorian action figure.
“We are delighted to have the privilege of creating products with characters and stories from The Mandalorian for our fans, ”said Hasbro’s Julie Duffy, head of global communications. Deadline. “Hasbro has completed the development of all Season 1 and 2 products with Cara Dune, and there are no current plans to create any more. We are actively working with our retail partners to address existing orders.”
Carano also got a new job because of her situation.
She works with conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro and his website for a film.
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