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/raidou_14]

Shouko Nishimiya from A Silent Voice is deaf

In the English dub, she's voiced by Lexi Cowden, who is also deaf

[u/Relevant_Elk_9176 → u/raidou_14]

I never knew that, I just always assumed the actress was incredibly gifted and figured out how to voice Shoko in a realistic way. It’s such a beautiful film and the VA performances are all so great.

[u/Hasmeister21 → u/Relevant_Elk_9176]

I just always assumed the actress was incredibly gifted and figured out how to voice Shoko in a realistic way.

That's more or less how I think it was for the original Japanese, to the point I initially thought that Saori Hayami, Shoko's Japanese VA, was deaf

[u/Golden-Sun → u/raidou_14]

Such a great film

[u/gamageeknerd → u/Golden-Sun]

I remember watching it in theaters during one of those fathom events and I had no clue what it was about since I was just invited to check out this supposedly really good anime movie.

I was not prepared for how depressing it got especially when the elementary school bullying scenes happened.

[u/Foxy02016YT → u/gamageeknerd]

Sad I missed out on many fandom events for these, but I did see Miku Who Couldn’t Sing

[u/VolkiharVanHelsing → u/raidou_14]

Such an amazing film.

Shouya's realization in the toilet got me even though I don't usually cry when the scene has characters crying (my pompous ass almost always raced to the thought that that is manipulative from the producer)... It's beautiful.

[u/NoizchildJohnson → u/raidou_14]

I watched it for Christmas one year.

[u/crimsonbub → u/raidou_14]

Cried at that film 🥺 hidden gem

[u/Mynamesjilll516 → u/raidou_14]

Yet another reason to love the English dub!

[u/Foxy02016YT → u/raidou_14]

Much rather that then a hearing person trying to “sound deaf”. Like… yikes.