Fans upset over the dismissal of The Mandalorian’s Cara Dune actor Gina Carano are begging Disney and Lucasfilm to present her again with a petition.
Fans have launched a petition aimed at The Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm, with the goal of reworking Gina Carano as Cara Dune on Disney +. Star Wars series The Mandalorian.
The Change.org petition – which has nearly 20,000 signatures at the time of writing – attributes Carano’s shooting to ‘canceling culture and Twitter’ and noting that ‘shooting celebrities over their political views all too often and again once happened, Hollywood beat another conservative. What she said was perhaps a little extreme, and I can even see why some people took offense, but her tweet was not made to incite violence or to express any discrimination or hatred of any kind. any specific group. ‘
On February 10, #FireGinaCarano started tweeting after the actor shared a post from another social media account outlining how strongly fascist influence in Europe made it easier for Nazis to persecute Jews by first the rest of the world to hate them. The post concludes by posing: “How does it differ from someone to hate their political views?” Carano himself is an outspoken conservative, and the fact that the treatment of Republicans is compared to Jews during the Holocaust drew supporters.
Shortly afterwards, Lucasfilm issued a 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 is abominable and unacceptable. “
“And now, once again, a beloved actress has been fired for expressing her opinion,” the petition continues. ‘This petition is for the drivers at Disney. Please, why can you not just let politics out of the industry and move on? The Mandalorian is a fantastic show, and the portrayal of Cina Dune’s Gina Carano is a delight to watch. The Mandalorian would not be the same without her. ‘
Sources also noted that a Cara Dune series would be announced during the Disney Investor Day presentation in December 2020, but the plans were scrapped in November after Carano shared social media messages raising the possibility of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election suggest and discourage wearing masks. amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Created by Jon Favreau, The Mandalorian stars Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers and Giancarlo Esposito. Season 3 has not yet received a premiere date.
Source: Change.org
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