Actor, Noah Matthews Matofsky, made history as the first actor with Down syndrome to be cast in a major role in a blockbuster film. Noah plays Slightly, the leader of the Lost Boys, in the Disney film Peter Pan & Wendy.
Zack Gottsagen is an actor, who has starred in multiple films, with “The Peanut Butter Falcon” being his best-known film to date. This year, he made Academy Awards history by becoming the first person with Down's Syndrome to present the Best Live Action Short Film with his co-star Shia LaBeouf.
Is there a Down syndrome kid in Peter Pan and Wendy?
In the new live-action Disney film "Peter Pan & Wendy," which premieres on Disney+ on April 28, 15-year-old British schoolboy Noah Matthews Matofsky makes his feature debut as Lost Boy Slightly, becoming the first actor with Down syndrome to land a major role in a Disney film.
A 15-year-old British actor is making a huge impact on Disney filmmaking history in the new Peter Pan remake! Noah Matthews Matofsky is becoming the first actor with Down Syndrome to play a main character and lead role in a Disney movie.
Noah Matthews Matofsky: How I became Disney’s film first actor with down syndrome. NDSC, 2023
What mental disorder does Wendy from Peter Pan have?
Named after Barrie's fictional character Wendy Darling, who was created in 1904 as Peter Pan's friend, Wendy syndrome also isn't an official diagnosis, but a popular psychology term used to describe an adult who is empathetic, nurturing and even self-sacrificing.
“Peter Pan” (1953): “The film portrays Native people in a stereotypical manner that reflects neither the diversity of Native peoples nor their authentic cultural traditions. It shows them speaking in an unintelligible language and repeatedly refers to them as 'redskins,' an offensive term.
Disney is set to film a new movie about a girl with cerebral palsy who's nonverbal and uses a wheelchair and her experience seeking out an inclusive education. The movie, which will stream on Disney+, is an adaptation of Sharon M. Draper's novel “Out of My Mind.”
John Cronin never let Down syndrome hold him back. With his dad, he founded John's Crazy Socks, which became a million-dollar business in one year. For most of his life, John Cronin completed his outfits with a pair of wild socks.
The Grammy- and Oscar-winning actor's sister DeOndra Dixon, who had Down syndrome, died last year at the age of 36. “It's tough, man,” Foxx told Craig Melvin Tuesday on TODAY about how he's been doing. “My sister was a light to everybody to everybody.
Laz-D (born Cameron Lasley in 1982) is an American rapper with Down syndrome. His stage name was given to him by NBA basketball player and former classmate Salim Stoudamire.
Jamie Foxx shared an emotional tribute for his late sister DeOndra Dixon on World Down Syndrome Day. The actor's younger sister, who had Down syndrome, died in October 2020 at the age of 36. She was a Special Olympics athlete and an ambassador for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation.
Zach and Pat. Pat and Zach, who has Down syndrome, make funny videos that have amassed millions of views. In an interview, Pat said Zach's desire to do social media for a living led to the brothers posting on the app. “Filming videos has impacted our lives very positively,” Pat said.
As such, Elsa's position as Disney's first disabled princess becomes even more important since her film is garnering more attention than any Disney film ever made including golden-age classics like The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast.
There are a few characters who have disabilities like Dory (short term memory loss in Finding Nemo/Finding Dory), Quasimodo (titular hunchback in Hunchback of Notre Dame), or Dopey (mutism, dwarfism in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves).
Disney is earning praise after debuting its first-ever plus-size female protagonist in the short film “Reflect.” But the two-minute movie about a young ballerina who struggles with body image is also igniting backlash.
Nana is the name of the Darling children's nurse. Nana is also a dog. Barrie wrote her as a Newfoundland, but she has often been portrayed as a St. Bernard. Barrie and his wife owned both these kinds of dog breeds, and Barrie imagined that children would love to have a dog rather than a human nurse.
The character has traditionally been portrayed onstage by a woman, since the role was originated by Nina Boucicault in 1904. Rather than employ a child actor, theatres often cast young women as male children. This practice is thought to make the portrayal more realistic.
Here are 5: Dumbo (1941): Contains a scene of a group of cigar-smoking crows, with their leader named Jim Crow, referring to the racist segregation laws of the South, and voiced by a white actor.
Under the service's Stories Matter section, Disney explained its decision of removing the content. 'Dumbo,' made in 1941, features a group of crows who "pay homage to racist minstrel shows, where white performers with blackened faces and tattered clothing imitated and ridiculed enslaved Africans."
There are a number of Disney films that require a disclaimer about "negative stereotypes" on its streaming service. Disney has added a content advisory warning to well-loved family films, such as 1992's Aladdin, that says the stereotypes "were wrong then and are wrong now".
