Lucy Lawless Says 'Mandalorian' Fan Campaign Hurt Her Chances of Replacing Gina Carano

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Lucy Lawless is revealing that a fan campaign to have her replace a fired cast member of “The Mandalorian” may have backfired by costing her a role in a different “Star Wars” project.

fan-driven campaign to take over fired “The Mandalorian” cast member Gina Carano’s role.Lawless, 53, believes that the campaign is actually hurting her chances of being a part of the “Star Wars” family.Carano, 39, was booted from her role of Cara Dune in the Disney+ series after two seasons after she made a series of racist and controversial tweets that led to her ousting.The “Xena: Warrior Princess” star commented on the fan-led crusade in an interview with British newspaper Metro. “Well to be honest with you, I was already in discussions about something on — it wasn’t ‘The Mandalorian’ — something Star Wars-affiliated,” Lawless said.

Lucy Lawless is a legend in the minds of genre film and TV fans. Thanks to her iconic run on the cult series, “Xena: Warrior Princess,” Lawless is always brought up by fans as potential actresses to join other genre franchises.

Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless has spoken out about recent rumours that she will replace Gina Carano in The Mandalorian.Carano exited the show in February after making posts on social media the company deemed “abhorrent and unacceptable”.The professional wrestler, who played Cara Dune, reportedly posted content on her Instagram Stories that compared criticism of a person’s political beliefs to the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany.“Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future,” a statement from Lucasfilm provided to Variety read.“Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.”Now, Lawless