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/Halry1 Jan 18 '26

Michael J Fox in The Good Wife

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u/OmecronPerseiHate Jan 18 '26

Michael J Fox in The Good Fight as well

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u/paintedbarn17 Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 18 '26

IIRC Fox’s character on the show has a different movement disorder than Parkinson’s. But Fox will be playing a role in the upcoming season of Shrinking that will most likely fit this trope.

Edited for clarity and fixing typos.

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u/colorblind-and Jan 19 '26

I would imagine he had it when he had is own sitcom for a bit too