In June 2021, Jim Sheridan, director of the 1990 Academy Award-winning film My Left Foot, said he didn't think he could have made the film today without casting a disabled actor in the lead.
Sheridan's daughter Kirsten recalled: "He'd call you by your film name, and you'd call him Christy … You'd be feeding him, wheeling him around. During the entire film, I only saw him walking once." How would they have felt, then, to later see him walking on stage to accept an award for how well he imitated them?
. 27 of these nominees went on to win the Oscar, with only two out of these 27 actors being disabled.
. Everybody wants a free ride these days... Guess why actors are called actors... How many awards did Rain Man win because of Hoffman's acting? Imagine using a lesser actor just because thwy were impaired - it would have been a lesser movie. Actors act. A rare few are good.