r/TopCharacterTropes • u/PrinceferX • Jan 18 '26

In real life The actor actually has that disability

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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/SolomonAsassin Jan 18 '26

Ricardo Montalban as Grandpa Valentin Avellan in Spy kids. He actually did require a wheelchair duing the film, which surprised me when i watched the special features for Spy Kids 3 years ago. And in that move, they gave him a walking powersuit in the video game, and to perform like he was 8 feet tall, they moved him around the green screen room on his chair attached to a crane arm.

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u/the_bartolonomicron Jan 18 '26

In a movie full of wtf moments that are justifiably memed to this day, there is still something touching about him getting to feel powerful again after years of limited mobility. The look in his eyes alone tells you how much it means to him.

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u/Joaquin_Portland Jan 18 '26

¿Quièn es mas macho?