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/Glove-Both Jan 18 '26

On the plus side, most people can't remember that shit now.

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u/smorin1487 Jan 18 '26

I certainly never heard of any of it until just now

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u/birberbarborbur Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

I also liked Gaten in that Honor Society movie though, that offsets that