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Mandalorian actor fired tweets11/8/2023 ![]() 3 in 2018 after right-wing commentators targeted him by digging up old, offensive tweets. If that happened, it wouldn’t be a first for Disney as the Los Angeles Times reported, the company fired filmmaker James Gunn from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Her fans and supporters have countered the backlash with petitions on calling for her reinstatement- 23 at last count, one with more than 3,500 signatures as of press time. Multiple spin-offs of The Mandalorian are in the works from executive producers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, including Rangers of the New Republic, which reports say could have potentially starred Carano. She got her big break in 2011 when Steven Soderbergh cast her in Haywire, a film that launched her acting career following a straight-to-DVD project. Until this derailment, Carano’s trajectory had been full-steam ahead, following her work in high-profile projects such as Deadpooland Fast & Furious 6. 6 were also a factor in her termination, especially given Disney’s statement denouncing the attack by Trump supporters and its announcement it would halt political contributions to every member of Congress who voted to reject the certification of ballots confirming the election of Joe Biden, as Variety reported. Other reports suggested her “likes” of posts in support of the Capitol Insurrection on Jan. “They have been looking for a reason to fire her for two months, and today was the final straw,” a source with insider knowledge of Lucasfilm reportedly told The Hollywood Reporter. ![]() That, according to reports, convinced studio executives it was finally time to pull the trigger. The hashtag #FireGinaCarano has been circulating since September, but blew up on social media as outrage spread over posts she made to her Instagram story on Tuesday night: once again ridiculing California’s mask mandates, comparing the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump to the film Groundhog Day, and the one comparing anti-Republican sentiment today to anti-semitism in Germany in the 1930s.
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