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A group of deaf entertainment industry professionals has called out the CBS All Access series The Stand for not casting a deaf actor in a deaf role.
The new adaptation of Stephen King s epic includes a deaf character, Nick Andros, who is played by a hearing actor, Henry Zaga. Another hearing actor, Rob Lowe, played the character in the 1990s The Stand miniseries. As a Black Deaf filmmaker/TV Creator, advocate of diversity & inclusion, acting instructor, & creator/owner of #Deaftalent campaign, I believe in change. It shouldn’t be that difficult to cast the right person for the role, activist and owner of the #DeafTalent® trademark, Jade Bryan, wrote on Twitter.