Gina Carano Remembers Carl Weathers as a Mentor and a Friend
Following the news that her Mandalorian co-star Carl Weathers had passed away at 76, Gina Carano took to Instagram to pay tribute to her late friend.
Carano was famously fired from The Mandalorian after making controversial comparisons between the United States during COVID and Nazi Germany.
Following her dismissal, Carano revealed that Weathers “called me directly after I was fired.
Weathers Was There in Carano’s Time of Need
Carano starred as bounty hunter Cara Dune in the first two seasons of The Mandalorian. At the time, Lucasfilm planned on spinning her character off into a new series titled Rangers of the New Republic.
Weathers meanwhile portrayed bouty hunter turned High Magistrate of Nevarro Greef Karga. Additionally, he directed nine episodes of the series.
“I wasn’t in an emotional state where I could pick up the phone because of how upset I was, but we did end up speaking later on,” she writes about hearing from Weathers post her Disney dismissal.
“He was gentle, and encouraging and didn’t want me to give up, he was letting me know that he wasn’t throwing me away, he was trying to keep my hope alive in what seemed like quite hopeless scenario, he showed me he cared. That is who he was.”
A Mentor
According to Carano who was a former MMA fighter, Jon Favreau believed that Weathers would make a good mentor for the actress, as he had tranistion from proffesional football to acting.
I bonded with him very closely on Mando season 1&2,” writes Carano, “Jon Favreau felt he would be a good mentor for me because we shared the athlete turned actor bond, so John had him direct my first episode in season 2 of Mando.”
“I believe had we gotten to Rangers of the New Republic, Carl would’ve directed me in much more. Jon F. was right, we were a great fit.”
In the end, it was as a mentor and friend that Carano remembered Weathers.
“Carl was a mentor to me on set, he would put both his arms on my shoulders and look me directly in the eyes to calm my spirit,” she expounded on IG, “He had a wonderful perspective of telling a story that can only come through his experience and wisdom that he shared with me to help make me shine. I cherish those moments.”
Read Carano’s Full Post
You can read Carano’s full Instagram post below:
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