#Disney fires mandalorian actor series

The actress spoke with YouTuber Drunk 3PO in a candid interview about her controversial social media presence. Last month, Carano opened up about facing backlash from the Star Wars community over her conservative and anti-mask tweets amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. She also mocked the use of gender pronouns, listing 'beep/bop/boop' in her social media bio after some expressed outrage that she did not list any pronouns in her bio.

#Disney fires mandalorian actor series

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 young user of the Force with a Jedi Knight On Wednesday- before news of her termination was announced - Carano posted a picture to her Instagram story that included the phrase 'Jeff Epstein didn't kill himself' - a reference to conspiracy theories that the pedophile billionaire was murdered. In some, she mocked mask wearing during the pandemic and promoted claims of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. 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.ĭune, who in the second season is a lawperson on a frontier planet, frequently teams up with the title character to fight an old nemesis: remnants of the evil Galactic Empire.Ĭarano, a former mixed martial artist whose Dune character used a mix of heavy weapons and her fists to best opponents, had been criticized online for social media posts. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?'Ĭarano, 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.

The post continued: '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. Talent agency UTA has also dropped Carano as a client following the controversy, according to Variety.Ĭarano fell under heavy criticism after she posted on Instagram Stories that 'Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors. 'Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable,' the statement read.

political climate.Ī spokesperson for Lucasfilm said in a statement on Wednesday that Carano is not currently employed by the production company with 'no plans for her to be in the future.' Actress and former MMA fighter Gina Carano has been fired from the cast of the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian, following online outrage over a social media post that likened the murder of Jews during the Holocaust to the current U.S.