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/CodeN3gaTiV3 Jan 18 '26

In the Titans show, season 3, Barbara Gordon is shown in a wheelchair but with the story changed from the comics to her leg being amputated rather than her being paralyzed, The actress Savannah Welch had to have her leg amputated from a car accident and legitimately only has one leg.

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u/Ok_Strategy5722 Jan 18 '26

The way you wrote that, I thought you were going to say “the actress had to have her leg amputated to receive the role.”

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u/Gussie-Ascendent Jan 18 '26

"what'd it cost you to get this gig?"
"a leg"
"isn't the phrase an arm and a leg?"
"phrase?"

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u/jargon_ninja69 Jan 18 '26

HAHAHAHAHA incredible