Lee Abbott (John Krasinski, who also directs) and his wife Evelyn (Emily Blunt) have a deaf teenage daughter, Regan (played
by deaf actress Millicent Simmonds), so they already know American sign language and use it, and a lighting system, to communicate in their silent world.
Not exact matches
Adapted from the novel
by Brian Selznick (who also wrote the book Hugo was based on), the movie takes place on two timelines and involves a
deaf girl, a runaway boy, and Moore playing an
actress.
Which means the characters played
by Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Wonderstruck's extraordinary
deaf actress Millicent Simmonds and newcomer Noah Jupe either sign the majority of their dialogue or communicate solely through expression, gesture, worried looks and the occasional slow dance to Neil Young's «Harvest Moon» piped through earbuds.
By that point, Moore had been studying A.S.L. for a month with deaf actress and teacher Alexandria Wailes, and says she greeted Simmonds by signing, «I'm so excited to meet you,» then finger - spelling her nam
By that point, Moore had been studying A.S.L. for a month with
deaf actress and teacher Alexandria Wailes, and says she greeted Simmonds
by signing, «I'm so excited to meet you,» then finger - spelling her nam
by signing, «I'm so excited to meet you,» then finger - spelling her name.