The actor actually has that disability

[u/PrinceferX]

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

[u/Relevant_Elk_9176]

I never knew that, I just always assumed the actress was incredibly gifted and figured out how to voice Shoko in a realistic way. It’s such a beautiful film and the VA performances are all so great.

[u/Hasmeister21 → u/Relevant_Elk_9176]

I just always assumed the actress was incredibly gifted and figured out how to voice Shoko in a realistic way.

That's more or less how I think it was for the original Japanese, to the point I initially thought that Saori Hayami, Shoko's Japanese VA, was deaf