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Director defends casting Bryan Cranston to play disabled character

The director of Bryan Cranston's latest film has defended casting the able-bodied actor to play a disabled character. The actor, known for starring as Breaking Bad's Walter White, portrays a quadriplegic millionaire who befriends a convict hired to care for him in The Upside, a remake of the 2011 French global success The Intouchables. The Ruderman Family Foundation, a US organisation that advocates for disabled people, criticised the decision as “discrimination”, while similar moves has been compared to blackface.
The director of Bryan Cranston's latest film has defended casting the able-bodied actor to play a disabled character. The actor, known for starring as Breaking Bad's Walter White, portrays a quadriplegic millionaire who befriends a convict hired to care for him in The Upside, a remake of the 2011 French global success The Intouchables. The Ruderman Family Foundation, a US organisation that advocates for disabled people, criticised the decision as “discrimination”, while similar moves has been compared to blackface.
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Press Association
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PA Media
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September 09, 2017
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United Kingdom
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