By MATTHEW DESSEMJAN 19, 201911:35 PM In an interview with the Press Association, The Good Place actress Jameela Jamil said she turned down a recent offer to portray a deaf woman in hopes that a deaf actress would be cast in her place. Jamil made her comments in the wake of a conversation about disability representation sparked by Bryan Cranston’s role […]
Screenwriters Bryan Woods and Scott Beck recall how the actor-director fought to make Millicent Simmonds his onscreen daughter, a move that “brought an extra depth to the film.” The silent world of A Quiet Place was made more authentic thanks to a smart casting choice by actor-director John Krasinski. Millicent Simmonds (Wonderstruck) delivers a powerful performance as part […]
Edgar Wright had a very specific type of actor in mind when he penned the part of Joseph, the disabled foster father to Ansel Elgort’s getaway driver in the summer smash Baby Driver. “I wrote the character being 85, African American, and deaf,” Wright told Yahoo Movies. So the filmmaker tasked his casting director, Francine Maisler […]