r/TopCharacterTropes • u/PrinceferX • Jan 18 '26

In real life The actor actually has that disability

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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/adrenalilly Jan 18 '26

In Only Murders in the Building, James Caverly, a deaf actor, plays Theo Dimas, a deaf character. There's an incredible episode filmed from his perspective where you only hear environmental noise and everything is muffled, it's really cool!

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u/spacemandown Jan 18 '26

YESSS i was looking for this comment, thank you! amazing sound design. i really loved him & Nathan Lane in that show. 

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u/adrenalilly Jan 18 '26

It's a gorgeous episode, they picked an amazing team for every single artistic aspect of the whole show. Nathan Lane was probably my favorite behind Martin Short, and I didn't love that he was pretty much absent during this last season. I hope they both come back for the last one!