Maddy Ullman worked as an authenticity consultant for the character Dahlia who uses a mobility aidThat mirrors North Texan Maddy Ullman’s experience working on the movie as an authenticity consultant. Growing up in a small town in Colorado, she didn’t see a lot of characters who reflected her experience as a Chinese American adoptee with cerebral palsy who’s also diabetic and neurodivergent.She once thought:"‘Oh, I’m never going to be able to get into Hollywood.
A good example is they had Dahlia’s shoes be pointy – that’s not good for balance. I think it was about having a voice in the conversation about a character that was going to represent the community you belong to. We consulted on a Funko Pop: ‘Oh, does it look good? Oh, where does her crutch fall?’ So I got to see a lot of the products.Again, it was more about what was feasible.
Exactly what you said. It’s just one character and everyone’s experience is very different. That’s something I still struggle with, because I do feel a need to represent my communities well. No one is ever going to look at a character and say, “Oh, that totally fits me.” There will always be someone that it doesn’t fit. But you know, just to have the intersectionality of being Asian, disabled and a woman character, I was like yes, yes.
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