Carano was fired from the Disney+ Star Wars TV show after making a series of controversial comments, including comparing herself to being Jewish in Nazi Germany because she was a Republican.
The final straw for Disney seemed to be a well-known quote from the Auschwitz museum the actress and former MMA fighter shared to Twitter.
Sarandon shared a photo of the quote on Monday and Carano’s supporters called for her to be fired from any current projects.
Known for her outspoken political views, Sarandon posted the quote to her Twitter without a caption.
The quote read: “It didn’t start with gas chambers. It started with one party controlling the media. One party deciding what is truth. One party censoring speech and silencing opposition. One party dividing citizens into ‘us’ and ’them’ and calling on their supporters to harass them. It started when good people turned a blind eye and let it happen.”
Carano’s supporters quickly re-tweeted Sarandon’s photo, saying there were double standards in Hollywood if the Oscar-winning actress did not get the same treatment as Carano.
“So Gina Carano was viciously attacked and canceled for posting THE EXACT SAME THING while the left is seal clapping for Sarandon,” wrote one fan on Twitter.
Another added: “Didn’t Gina Carano get fired for posting the same thing?”
And a third wrote: “Hey @Disney remember when #GinaCarano posted this same thing and you felt you had to fire her? Are you banning Susan from every thing? Or apologizing to Gina?? 🤔 Or just gonna be hypocrites?”
Lucasfilm, which produces the Star Wars titles, announced in 2021 that Carano would not be involved in any more projects after a series of controversial social media posts.
Along with saying “hating someone for their political views” was comparable to being Jewish in Nazi Germany, she threw her support behind former president Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, including his claims of voter fraud.
Carano also slammed mask wearers during the COVID-19 pandemic and defied Hollywood’s vaccine mandate by taking on a non-union film role.
She was cast in the Western, Terror On the Prairie and told Newsweek that a person’s vaccine status should not affect their eligibility to work.
“Whether someone is vaccinated or not should not determine a person’s ability to work in their different professions,” Carano told Newsweek in 2021.
“Corrupt media coverage, censorship and government overreach in the past two years has been damaging and dangerous and are making citizens uneasy and more distrustful of the ones enforcing these mandates by the day and I can’t say that I blame them,” said Carano.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if we continue to see more strikes against unions who decide to enforce them.”
Newsweek has reached out to Susan Sarandon and Gina Carano for comment.
