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Adam Pearson Speaks Out Against How Actors with Disabilities Are Only Offered Certain Types of Roles: 'Lazy Writing'

British actor Adam Pearson, who was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, a rare genetic condition, said actors with disabilities are only offered certain types of roles. He also said writing about disability without consultation can be “inauthentic and inaccurate.”

The A Different Man star, 39, recently spoke to Variety about how these roles typically come across as inauthentic on screen. Pearson was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, a rare genetic condition that leaves his skin covered in thousands of thick, painful tumors. Pearson stars in A Different Man alongside Sebastian Stan and Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve.

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