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Fans want Xena babe to replace sacked Gina in The Mandalorian FANS are calling for star Lucy Lawless to replace axed Gina Carano as Cara Dune in the Star Wars spinoff series
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Lucasfilm confirmed Carano, 38, won’t be returning to Pinewood Studios in England to film the third season of the Disney+ series.
Carano’s departure was ultimately prompted by inflammatory comments she made on social media, comparing political censorship to the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany.
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Twitter critics have since vowed to stop watching the Emmy-nominated series, showing their support for Carano by using the hashtag #CancelDisneyPlus.
However, it seems many fans have already moved on – and now have their sights set on Lawless, 52, the former star of the cult hit TV series Xena: Warrior Princess.
“Instead of #canceldisneyplus, can they just cast Lucy Lawless as Cara Dune and pretend it was her the whole time?” asked Dungeons & Dragons podcasters @SeveredSonsDnD, who has garnered nearly 19,000 likes in support of the idea.
“What if Lucy Lawless took over as Cara Dune and we all just pretended she was always Cara Dune?” asked @JesseNeon on Twitter.
“Hear me out, casting Lucy Lawless as Cara Dune would sell SOOO many action figures. I’m just saying. She’d bring in a lot of bank,” suggested @IsabelSDieppa.
Disney+ reps did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the social media casting advice.
Lawless was recently praised by social media users after publicly dragging former co-star and Donald Trump supporter Kevin Sorbo, who played Hercules in the eponymous fantasy series of the 1990s while she was ruling as Xena.
The two mythical characters would often team up for crossover episodes – although it appears there’s no love lost between the two.
Lucy also stripped off for the sexy historical drama Spartacus: Blood and Sand.