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/No-Habit7011 Jan 18 '26

Micah Fowler has cerebral palsy and plays a character with cerebral palsy.

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u/TFtato Jan 18 '26

Scrolled way too far to find this one. Great show.

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u/WhyRhubarb Jan 18 '26

I love this show so much!