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Tom Hanks on ‘Sully’

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Tom Hanks on Sully

When it was announced that Tom Hanks would portray “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger in Clint Eastwood‘s film Sully, it seemed like perfect casting. Who better to portray an American hero than one of the most likeable actors ever to appear on camera? In the press notes for Sully, Hanks talks about the intimidating aspects of the role and how he prepared to play the much-heralded pilot.

Though Hanks originally intended to take some time off, when the opportunity to play an actual American hero came up, Hanks couldn’t say no. He says, “Sometimes you read something that is so stirring and at the same time so simple, such a perfect blend of behavior and procedure. Now, I’m as competitive as the next actor, so I knew I wanted at least a shot at it, even though I’d been working pretty steadily for about six years.  Sure I was beat but, not unlike a solid jolt of adrenaline, this role, Sully, Mr. Clint Eastwood…they all came along.  I felt like I couldn’t pass up a chance at playing in this great double-header at the end of this long baseball season.”

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I’m a Deaf Actor. That Shouldn’t Define Me – Or Limit The Roles I Play

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I'm a deaf actor

Was that because of the tendency to cast able-bodied actors in disabled parts? (A recent study found that 95% of disabled parts go to able-bodied actors.) Was it that the character didn’t fit their perceptions of deaf people? (Silent? Sign-language user? Lost and confused?) Or was it because I’ve worked so hard to improve the clarity of my voice that I now sound more hearing than deaf?

This is where I am stuck between a rock and a hard place.

There is no escaping that I am deaf. I can lip-read and hear with the use of hearing aids. Not as clearly as you, mind, but unlike you, I can crank up the volume. If my back is turned and you’re talking to me, I am probably not deliberately ignoring you. If you call out “house lights going dark” and forget to tell me, I may fall off the stage. Working with me doesn’t sound so terrible, does it? I do sound a little funny though. You’re going to shake your ears for a while as if they’ve got water in them, and then get on with it. It’s not you, it’s me.

It’s a fact I’m comfortable with – I have a disability. There should be no shame in having a disability, only pride in the ownership of the fact. I am proud of who I am. I am proud of being deaf.

But in the same way that being deaf doesn’t define all that I am as a person, I don’t want it to define the roles I play. It’s an incredibly limiting way to live and to work. And because I have a disability that I cannot hide (or fully disguise), that means I stay firmly in the bracket of “deaf actor”, rather than “actor”. In the rigidity of the casting process, that can mean fewer than 10 auditions per year.

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‘Marvin’s Room,’ a Wise Comedy About Dying, Is Bound for Broadway

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MARVIN'S ROOM

 

“Marvin’s Room,” a comic play about a dying woman caring for a dying man, will be staged on Broadway for the first time next summer, more than a quarter-century after it was written.

The play, in which a woman with leukemia reaches out to an estranged sister in hopes of finding a bone marrow donor, ran Off Broadway in 1991, at Playwrights Horizons, and was adapted into a film in 1996, starring Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton and Leonardo DiCaprio.

“Marvin’s Room” was written by Scott W. McPherson, who died from AIDS in 1992 at the age of 33. The production will be directed by Anne Kauffman, in her Broadway debut.

Actors and Casting: It’s a Numbers Game

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Earlier this month casting director David Rapaport — who casts The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, and other CW shows — gave his Twitter followers a glimpse at just how difficult his job can be — and he also gave actors a look at what odds they’re facing when they go in for an audition.

For three roles, Rapaport and his team viewed 2684, 2055, and 1354 potential actors.

Most didn’t make the cut. For the role with 2684 candidates, only 58 were selected for callbacks — that’s just a hair over 2%. While the odds were a little better for the role that had 1354 candidates (131 were selected), that still amounts to just a 10% selection rate. Of course, ultimately three of those approximately 6093 auditioning actors will end up with roles.

What are you doing to make sure you set yourself apart from the rest of the pack?

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