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RJ Mitte interview Disability doesnt mean weakness
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RJ Mitte interview: disability doesn't mean weakness • 00:00 • Breaking Bad is one of the most popular TV series of all time. But RJ Mitte, who played Walter White Jr remembers that it wasn’t an instant hit. • • “I'm astonished we were able to finish Breaking Bad. Every year they pretty much told us we were cancelled. Every time we wrapped it, they're like, don't expect a second season, don't expect a third season, don't expect a fourth season. • “Luckily we had a cult following when it came to the critics. That's what kept us on. Only in the last seasons, four and five and six, we really got the viewership. But by then it was already on the path of wrapping.” • 01:17 Mitte explains what he thinks life would be like for Walt Jr today. • “You know, I think Walter White Jr. and Skyler are having a fairly rough existence now. When the DEA comes in, they seize everything, and then they put you under their thumb. Even if you weren't a part of it, which Skyler kind of was, but even when you're not a part of it, they still monitor and regulate and control your existence practically when you have someone like Heisenberg as a father, but I don't know. I think there's a lot of potential there when it comes to what could be happening. And I think it's a sadder story than you think.” • 02:00 Like his Breaking Bad character, Mitte lives with cerebral palsy. In his new film, Triumph, Mitte plays Mike, a high schooler who wants to join the wrestling team. He found a lot to relate to. • “Mike's biggest triumph in this movie is just not accepting the perception of him as an answer. You know, when you have a disability, there's these assumptions that you're weaker, that you're slower, that you're fragile, and you can't live a normal life, or you can't live the life that you want to choose. And in this story, Mike makes his life the life he wants. He makes his life his. And I think that's something that is such an amazing triumph, that can echo past people with disabilities, that can echo to so many people. • When I was a kid growing up with cerebral palsy, there was a lot of times where I would never walk properly or I would never talk properly. I would never have a normal life or career – that was a perception when I was a kid. And my family was like, ‘No, he's going to go do things.’ And when I wanted to play sports, I played sports. I wasn't always the fastest, I wasn't always the quickest to the ball. But the thing is I still caught the ball, I still was able to block and do my thing and play my part of the game. It actually made me stronger. • Read more at https://www.bigissue.com/
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