Depicting blindness in ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ ‘changed me,’ director says
This week marked the arrival of Netflix’s “All the Light We Cannot See,” a four-part adaptation of Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Aria Mia Loberti is a blind actor who plays an older Marie-Laure in Netflix’s “All the Light We Cannot See.” Was it always a priority for you to cast blind and visually impacted actors as Marie-Laure? Ingrid, Aria Mia Loberti’s guide dog, on the set of “All the Light We Cannot See.” Joe, from your perspective, what is the biggest misconception or inaccurate trope about blindness in TV shows and movies? I was like, “I don’t know if this is weird, but do you want to feel my face?” She’s like, “Why would I want to do that? Maybe the script said, “Marie uses her cane to cross to her bed.” And Aria and Joe would be there to say, “If this is where I live, and I’m alone, I won’t need my cane inside my home.
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