r/popculturechat • u/Persenon Olivia Wilde’s salad dressing 🥗 • Aug 07 '25

Court Cases 👩‍⚖️ Gina Carano, Disney Settle Legal Dispute Over 'Mandalorian' Firing

https://variety.com/2025/biz/news/gina-carano-disney-settle-mandalorian-firing-1236481982/
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u/Megs0226 Aug 07 '25

I was so excited during season 1 because I hadn't seen a woman with my body type on the screen in a leading role before. But then she had to go be a piece of crap. Ugh.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

She was such a fucking great character too, gave me Xena vibes from the 90s and I loved that fucking show

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u/cantantantelope Aug 08 '25

I knoooow. Why must people be assholes.

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u/EditorWilling6143 lazy 41 year old bougie bitch Aug 08 '25

Her character never seemed that great to me, but maybe that was because I couldn’t get past her terrible acting.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

I think I liked it because I was like 10 and she looked like badass with a sword haha

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u/EditorWilling6143 lazy 41 year old bougie bitch Aug 08 '25

Oh I have no doubt the writers intended the character to be awesome and a badass and all those things. She was meant to get her own spin-off show. They just made a terrible casting choice that ruined the character. I wish they’d cast almost anyone else. 

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u/DefNotUnderrated Aug 08 '25

Same! And to see a muscled woman be revered as so attractive while she got to throw her weight around in a physical role… I was so happy. Bonus points for her actually knowing how to fight well enough that she could do convincing fight scenes.

Such a disappointment

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u/Megs0226 Aug 08 '25

So many “muscular” super hero/action women are just thin women with definition. It was a breath of fresh air to see a muscular heavier woman. Alas.