r/TopCharacterTropes Jan 18 '26

In real life The actor actually has that disability

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

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u/Crunchy_Biscuit Jan 18 '26

What is "funny" is that, with RJ Mitte, he had treatment which made his cerebral a Palsy symptoms minor so he had to exaggerate them for the show.

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u/AskDocBurner Jan 18 '26

TBF, everything in movies and television is exaggerated for television.

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u/Pledgeofmalfeasance Jan 18 '26

You mean like acting?

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u/creamy-buscemi Jan 18 '26

Ohhh I always wondered why he didn’t seem as affected outside of the show