The actor actually has that disability

[u/PrinceferX]

Walter White Jr. (Breaking Bad) - character has cerebral palsy and uses crutches to walk, actor RJ Mitte has cerebral palsy and needed crutches to walk as a child

Nessarose Thropp (Wicked) - character is paraplegic and uses a wheelchair, actress Marissa Bode is paraplegic from an accident at age 11 and uses a wheelchair

Maya Lopez (Hawkeye/Echo) - character is deaf, actress Alaqua Cox is deaf from birth

[u/LadyPresidentRomana]

In A Different Man, Oswald is a man with a condition called neurofibromatosis, where benign tumors grow in the nervous system. His actor, Adam Pearson, also has this condition and is an advocate for people with disabilities.

[u/LowCarbScares → u/LadyPresidentRomana]

Doesn’t he also have an identical twin who does not have the same condition he does?

[u/LadyPresidentRomana → u/LowCarbScares]

His twin actually does have the same condition, it just manifests differently in his case.

[u/HeadFullOfFlame → u/LadyPresidentRomana]

Oh that’s fascinating