Bryan Cranston plays a quadriplegic billionaire in the 2019 film The Upside, which received significant backlash from disability advocacy groups. The Breaking Bad actor defends his casting during an interview with the Press Association and explained:
As actors, we’re asked to be other people, to play other people. If I, as a straight, older person, and I’m wealthy, I’m very fortunate, does that mean I can’t play a person who is not wealthy, does that mean I can’t play a homos*xual?
Bryan Cranston instantly received backlash for these statements, but his defence does not stop here.
Bryan Cranston Defends Disabled Role as “business decision”
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