In the book it’s clearly illustrated that he’s in a great deal of pain, can’t regulate his body temperature, and is extremely vulnerable to dying from any minor infection. He’s a very strong character who despite the best support system decides that horrific pain and suffering is not the life he wants to lead. It’s…

Yes, fie on those lazy casting directors that don’t look hard enough, right?

This brings to mind the furor over Eddie Redmayne being cast as the trans character in The Danish Girl. As the director explained to an appreciative audience at a TIFF premiere, the ONLY way to have been truly accurate to the character’s gender presentation would have been to cast a transwoman who went through…

I haven’t seen the movie yet, but the previews look like the actor needs to be able to walk for at least a portion of the movie, before his accident. I think that has to have an impact on casting for the role. If he was in a wheelchair for the whole movie, then I see more of the debate.

I have not seen the movie yet, but I did read the book recently and found it to be a pretty well-nuanced discussion of this issue. So often, disabled people are infantalized or treated as inspirations simply for living their lives. Will actively rebelled against those tropes, and said, “This is MY life and MY body,…

I read the book. It spends a lot of time describing his quality of life and how it will never improve. I am not a medical professional, but the effects of his particular disability seemed well-researched.

note: I haven’t seen the movie and I am not differently abled.

I’m leaving this because deleting things sucks (and people have already replied), but I misread the main article and this first paragraph doesn’t apply to the character in the movie at all. My mistake: