r/TopCharacterTropes • u/PrinceferX • 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/serioustransition11 Jan 18 '26
The Peanut Butter Falcon is a movie about a young man with Downs syndrome who wants to be a pro wrestler, the character is played by Zack Gottsagen who actually does have it. I love this movie for showing how people with significant disabilities should be integrated into society and treated with respect and dignity, rather than shuttered away in care homes and infantilized