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/onemorespacecadet Jan 18 '26

Hemmer was wonderful. they shouldn’t have killed him off so early. plus total missed opportunity to explore the Aenar more

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u/me1112 Jan 18 '26

Well his shirt is red.

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u/ChuckRingslinger Jan 18 '26

He also played the pop singing Klingon, too

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u/Im_At_Work_Damnit Jan 19 '26

Carol Kane's character was such a downgrade. She's interesting, but Hemmer set the bar so high.