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CBS’ new drama  The Stand, an adaptation of Stephen King’s classic dystopian novel, has come under fire for casting an actor who can hear to play a deaf character, with activists now calling on Hollywood studios to change their hiring practices. Prominent members of the deaf community in a new letter that has been circulating online. The miniseries casts hearing actor Henry Zaga in the role of Nick Andros, the lone deaf survivor of a virus that wipes out most of humanity. “Enough is enough!” reads the letter. “We, the undersigned, are all professional union and non-union members and are taking a stand in the release of the miniseries, The Stand.” More than 70 individuals including actress and disability activist Keely Cat-Wells and actor John McGinty are calling out the miniseries, which is the new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic dystopian novel,

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