Lauren Ridloff on Becoming the MCU's First Deaf Superhero

[trekkiepetrelli]

“In some scenes, I had to face a wall. As a deaf person, how do you cue me? At one point, I was sharing my frustration with Angelina Jolie. And she immediately made a suggestion: why don’t we use a laser pen that special effects can easily erase?”

- Lauren Ridloff on #Eternals. pic.twitter.com/Rcklz0klPe
- Eternals News (@Eternalsnews) September 15

Comments

[hazypink]

It’s great mom energy tbh

[melancolour]

as a non-mom problem solver... not really??? It is a quality that has nothing to do with mom energy.

[hazypink]

lol also as a non mom problem solver, apologies, I too agree!

[madhler]

I only discovered her when she joined the Walking Dead a couple of years ago-love at first sight tbh!

[iznanassi]

This is awesome, this entire post is just so uplifting and i hope this can be the beginning for smth great re: representation.

[ahkna]

I've been loving the increase in disabled actors lately. I really liked that the little girl in the Godzilla vs Kong movie was actually deaf. There were a few moments during stunts where you can see the adult actors always had their hands on her so she didn't get scared or confused.

I've been loving the storyline on Corrie right now with Gemma and Chesney debating whether to get a cochlear implant for their deaf toddler son. They brought back a recurring deaf character to talk to them about it, and it's been a several month long subplot.

[insomniachobs]

Yeah, for all that Corrie can be ridiculous that story has been really well done. A lot of shows would probably have positioned the implants as some no brainer or Gemma’s concerns about not taking away his identity irrational

[ahkna]

I ended having some really interesting conversations with my family when I brought up the storyline too, which is the point of these sorts of storylines, I think.

[trumpydoesmagic]

. There were a few moments during stunts where you can see the adult actors always had their hands on her so she didn't get scared or confused.

Yeah, from how I heard the actors talk about her, they seemed great with her. I read that when Alexander Skarsgard found out he would be working with her, he started learning ASL so they could communicate.

[jessickah]

Shocked that there were probably many adults involved and they all couldn't figure out a solution until Angelina. lol.

[gloeden2]

That's not unusual, though. It's why inventions happen that all of us then say, "Well I could have thought of that." but we didn't.

[jessickah]

Very true! But I am still shocked at the same time. lol

[umilicious]

Yeah, it’s not unusual to not think about accommodating folks with different needs. I’m constantly telling people that they need to redesign slide decks or charts because they’re not ideal for those with visual impairments, for example.