EXCLUSIVE: The former MMA fighter who became an actress is no longer with the agency UTA, confirmed spokesperson for Deadline tonight.
This comes in the wake of Gina Carano making controversial statements on social media.
Lucasfilm released a statement earlier in the evening saying “Gina Carano is not currently working at Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her in the future. However, their posts on social media denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are disgusting and unacceptable. “
They said that Carano was not bound to continue with the third season The Mandalorian as bounty hunter Cara Dune, a role she played for two seasons in the hit Disney + series. That said, his story was interrupted as if we would see it more. Not to mention that Disney + had plans to Mandalorian spinoffs including New Republic rangers. I was told when news broke in the fall about the last series that there was no deal for Carano.
The actress, who had a history of demonstrating on social media, crossed the line with comments that compared the current divided political climate to Nazi Germany, exclaiming: ““ Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers, but by their neighbors ”In a Tik Tok post that has already been removed.
The hashtag #FireGinaCarano started to be a trend, along with social media tags Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau, Disney, Disney Plus, Star Wars and Lucasfilm.
Carano and his supporters tried to bring the hashtag #weloveginacarano to fashion, but without success.
The Daily Beast I learned exclusively that Carano was dismissed by her ID aides last fall due to her activity on right-wing social media, which included statements about the use of a face mask and electoral fraud.