Who is Gina Carano, the actress suing Disney and Lucasfilm with Elon Musk? The former MMA fighter was fired from Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian after a slew of controversial comments on X
It’s official: Gina Carano, the actress who was fired from The Mandalorian in 2021, is joining forces with billionaire Elon Musk to sue Disney and Lucasfilm, according to The Guardian and others.
Carano, an MMA fighter-turned-actress, played the character of Cara Dune in the Star Wars series.
Here’s everything we know about her and what happened in the lead-up to the lawsuit:
Gina Joy Carano is an American actress
According to her biography on IMBD, Carano, 41, was born in Dallas, Texas, to her parents Glenn Carano, a former American football player, and Dana Cason.
Since getting into acting, Carano has starred in a string of hit films and TV shows including Fast & Furious 6, Almost Human, Extraction, Deadpool, and The Mandalorian.
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Her love life
Carano is very private about her love life, but reports suggest that she is still dating Kevin Ross, a former Bellator kick-boxing featherweight fighter. The pair initially dated from 2005 to 2008, according to Sportskeeda, but then rekindled their relationship in 2015 when Ross posted a heartfelt dedication to Carano on his Instagram calling her “my inspiration, my best friend, my everything”.
Why did Gina Carano get fired from Disney?
According to ABC News, Carano was fired in 2021, with a statement released by Lucasfilm at the time claiming that “her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.”
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In addition to spreading conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and ridiculing those wearing masks during the height of the pandemic on X, per The Guardian, the final straw appeared to be a post comparing being a Republican in America to being Jewish.
The post read: “most people today don’t realise that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbours hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?”
Why is Gina Carano suing Disney?
The lawsuit says that she was fired because she “dared [to] voice her own opinions” against an “online bully mob who demanded her compliance with their extreme progressive ideology”.
- Gina Carano, the actress who was fired from The Mandalorian in 2021, is joining forces with billionaire Elon Musk to sue Disney and Lucasfilm – so what went wrong?
- Carano, an MMA fighter-turned-actress, played the character of Cara Dune in the Star Wars series and has previously starred in a string of hit films including Fast & Furious 6 , Extraction and Deadpool