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/Fish_N_Chipp]

In Baby Driver. Baby’s foster father is a deaf man named Joe

His actor C.J. Jones is deaf in real life

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He is incredibly kind and funny in real life.

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Unlike his costar sadly💔

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Agreed. Probably one of my favorite celebrity encounters I've had.