"I played a paraplegic on a show called 'Neighbours.' Just turned up on set, sat in a wheelchair. The producer came up to me one day and said, 'We have to cut around that entire scene because your leg was moving.'"
- Liam Hemsworth
About this Quote
In this quote, actor Liam Hemsworth is reviewing his experience playing a character with an impairment on the popular Australian daytime soap, "Neighbours." He discusses that he merely showed up on set and beinged in a wheelchair to represent a paraplegic character. Nevertheless, the producer of the program discovered that Hemsworth's leg was moving during a scene and needed to cut around it in order to maintain the impression of his character's paralysis. This anecdote highlights the difficulties and attention to detail that goes into creating a believable character, even for a short moment on screen.
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