Sentences with phrase «deaf character»

«But we also need it to be authentic, to have deaf actors who are playing deaf characters.»

Selznick's 2011 novel is split into two story lines, each set in a different period, centered on different deaf characters, and told through a different style.

Hiring a deaf actress to play a deaf character is definitely a bold move on Haynes» end, something that most filmmakers would've opted against.

And I think it means a lot to the deaf community for them to see someone deaf play a deaf character.

Simmonds is a deaf actress playing a deaf character.

The cast of Wonderstruck, the Todd Haynes movie which premieres at the festival Thursday night, had gathered — including the movie's young star, a deaf child actor named Millicent Simmonds, and Julianne Moore, who plays a deaf character as well.

It was one of those things, when I got the original script from [Bryan Woods and Scott Beck], they had this deaf character, and in my rewrite, I wanted to flesh that out even more.»

We also talk about the sensitive way in which the film handles its deaf character, Regan, who is played wonderfully by deaf actor Millicent Simmonds, and Ebony drops some knowledge about horror films as a genre.