'I think if I'm not educating, I'm being reckless and irresponsible.'
You're on the list! Expect to receive your first email very soon!, set to be released September 20, Adam plays Oswald, an actor with facial disfigurement who is cast to portray Edward , an aspiring actor with similar disfigurement, in a stage production based on Edward’s life. Adam Pearson stars in the dark comedy A Different Man, aiming to destigmatize facial disfigurement.
“I think if I’m not educating, I’m being reckless and irresponsible,” said the British actor, who lives with neurofibromatosis type 1“I don’t think there are enough disabled voices feeding into the creative process,” he said. The most common manifestations of the condition are cognitive challenges and tumors in deep nerves or in nerves that go to the skin.
He still gets a lot of stares on the street—some are simply curious, while others are ill-intentioned.“Curiosity should be answered with kindness. All people want is to know that you’re okay and that they’re going to be okay. After that, it’s plain sailing.”“I think if I’m not educating, I’m being reckless and irresponsible.”
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