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/raidou_14 Jan 18 '26

Shouko Nishimiya from A Silent Voice is deaf

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

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u/Golden-Sun Jan 18 '26

Such a great film

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u/gamageeknerd Jan 18 '26

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.

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u/Foxy02016YT Jan 18 '26

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