UTA has also dropped the actor, who will not be a part of the 'Star Wars' galaxy.
Gina Carano won't be returning to The Mandalorian or the Star Wars galaxy after sharing a post on social media implying that being a Republican today is like being Jewish during the Holocaust.
"Gina Carano isn't currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are not any plans for her to be within the future," a Lucasfilm spokesperson said during a statement. "Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people supported their cultural and nonsecular identities are abhorrent and unacceptable."
Carano has also been dropped as a client by UTA, a workplace spokesperson confirms.
On Wednesday, the hashtag #FireGinaCarano was trending following an Instagram post from the outspoken conservative actor and former mixed martial artist that was met with severe backlash. The post has since been deleted, but screenshots were widely shared by users on social media who involved her firing from the hit Disney+ Star Wars show.
This is not the primary time Carano, who played former Rebel Alliance soldier Cara Dune on The Mandalorian, has been the main target of social media ire for her political comments. Last November, she issued contentious tweets, one during which she mocked mask-wearing amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and another during which she falsely suggested voter fraud occurred during the 2020 presidential election.
“They are trying to find a reason to fireside her for 2 months, and today was the ultimate straw,” a source with knowledge of Lucasfilm’s thinking tells THR.
The Mandalorian debuted on Disney+ in November 2019 and helped power the streaming service to impressive subscription numbers. Carano's Cara Dune became a moment fan favorite, with the actor praised for bringing a relaxed strength to the role. But her tweets have also made her a controversial figure among Star Wars fandom.
According to sources, Lucasfilm planned to unveil Carano because the star of her Disney+ series during a December investor's day presentation but scrapped those plans following her November tweets. Multiple Mandalorian spinoffs are within the works from executive producers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, including Rangers of the New Republic, which could have potentially starred Carano.
But after the newest round of social media posts, the choice to chop ties with the actor came swiftly.
Carano came up within the world of MMA and has appeared in high-profile projects like Deadpool and Fast & Furious 6. Steven Soderbergh cast her in 2011's Haywire, a movie that launched her acting career following a straight-to-DVD project.
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