Fans Want Lucy Lawless To Take Over Role of Cara Dune After Gina Carano's Firing

Unless you’re a fan of MMA or Steven Soderbergh’s not-so-great films, you may not have been aware of who Gina Carano is before her appearance as Cara Dune on “The Mandalorian.” However, over the first two seasons of the “Star Wars” spinoff, Carano became a lightning rod for controversy on social media where fans saw that the actress shared some politically-charged, transphobic, anti-Semitic, and conspiracy theory-laden messages.

Bill Burr is the first actor from The Mandalorian to defend his former co-star Gina Carano after she was fired from the Disney+ show.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVEmma Corrin has snagged her first major awards acclaim right out of the gate, winning the drama series actress statue at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of Princess Diana in Netflix’s “The Crown.”Corrin joined Season 4 of the streaming royal family period piece to capture Diana in her early teenage years, meeting and being courted by Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor), through her transition into the People’s Princess and their

Cara Dune action figures are now a rare find after Hasbro announced it is dropping the Gina Carano-based figurine from its “Mandalorian” line of toys.

UFC president Dana White spoke out about former MMA fighter Gina Carano’s firing from "The Mandalorian."  Carano previously fought in Strikeforce and EliteXC with a winning record before calling it quits in 2009 to pursue acting.

Conservative actress Gina Carano found rare support among liberals in the mainstream media following her firing from "The Mandalorian" over social media posts and being dropped by her agency UTA.  In an essay titled, "Firing Actors for Being Conservative Is Another Hollywood Blacklist," New York magazine columnist Jonathan Chait began by recalling the polarizing period in the entertainment industry when suspected communists were barred from working amid the Red Scare of the 1940s and 1950s. 

Gina Carano isn’t leaving without a fight.

Following Gina Carano's exit from "The Mandalorian," fans are already looking for an actress to fill her shoes: Lucy Lawless. On Wednesday, a representative for Lucasfilm confirmed to multiple outlets that the 38-year-old actress "is not currently employed by ['Star Wars' production company] Lucasfilm" after she drew criticism for multiple posts on social media, including one in which she compared today's political divide to the events in Nazi Germany.

ouster from “The Mandalorian” over controversial social media posts sent a great disturbance through the Twitterverse, with users contrasting the move to Disney’s firing and subsequent re-hiring of director James Gunn.Carano — a former MMA fighter who played Cara Dune in the hit Disney+ show — was booted over a post that likened being a conservative in modern America to being a Jew in Nazi Germany.After directing two “Guardians of the Galaxy” flicks for the media empire’s Marvel Cinematic

petition urges Disney+ to keep Carano on in the role of Cara Dune in the hit Star Wars spinoff — and it had garnered some 3,000 signatures by early Thursday afternoon.The actress and mixed martial arts fighter was fired over controversial, since-deleted Instagram posts that compared being a Republican to being Jewish in Nazi Germany.“Everyone is entitled to an opinion whether it be right or wrong,” petition author and Mandalorian fan Jav Akhtar wrote of Carano on the Change.org effort.“Your

Gina Carano, who played Cara Dune on The Mandalorian, was fired from the Disney+ series on Wednesday, February 10, after she shared several questionable posts via social media.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterIn one of the first big deals of the upcoming SXSW Film Festival, emerging genre sales company Yellow Veil Pictures has acquired the global sales rights for the animated fantasy “The Spine of Night.”Directed by Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King, the film is set to have its world premiere in the SXSW Midnighters section of the festival, which runs virtually from March 16–20.

expressing support for his trans sister on Instagram, the announcement of a new TV role and some Twitter drama in light of his colleague Gina Carano’s firing. On Twitter, some pulled Pascal’s name into the controversy surrounding former MMA fighter Gina Carano’s recent firing from “The Mandalorian,” following a social media post in which the 38-year-old actress compared being a Republican to being Jewish in Nazi Germany.“Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans

fired actress Gina Carano over controversial social media posts.The former MMA fighter was booted from the “Star Wars” spinoff show “The Mandalorian” after she penned a social media post that compared being a conservative to being Jewish in Nazi Germany.“Texan Gina Carano broke barriers in the Star Wars universe: not a princess, not a victim, not some emotionally tortured Jedi,” Cruz wrote.“She played a woman who kicked ass & who girls looked up to.

swift cancellation of Gina Carano, fans of “The Mandalorian” are now calling for Lucy Lawless to replace the MMA fighter-cum-actor as Cara Dune in the Star Wars series. Lucasfilm confirmed yesterday that Carano, 38, would not be returning to Pinewood Studios to film the third season of the Disney+ series.

Gina Carano will not be returning to The Mandalorianor the Star Warsgalaxy after sharing a post on social media implying that being a Republican today is like being Jewish during the Holocaust. "Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future," a Lucasfilm spokesperson said in a statement.