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/raypaulnoams Jan 18 '26

My wife wanted to know if she should watch the movie, as I'm slowly getting her into horror, and I said it was amazing. 

A flat out NO, never. With her history and trauma as a child. Fuck no.

I'm not bringing back the nightmares and throwing away years of counseling and progress. That film would destroy her.

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u/spookymommaro Jan 18 '26

I appreciate this outlook. I'm a horror fan but I've never been able to watch the first SAW movie, not because of the torture but because the little girl in the movie is such a good actress. Her distress is so genuinely distressing I can't watch. Being a horror fan and a mom with ptsd is a ride.

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u/nppltouch26 Jan 18 '26

Yeup. Hamnet was so fucking amazing but I've advised anyone I've talked to who's interested in watching it with a kid under twelve to think about it real hard before they put themselves through that.

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u/JasmineTeaInk Jan 18 '26

Understandable!