Sia is opening up more about the decision to cast Maddie Ziegler as an autistic teen in her upcoming movie, Music.
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Sia further discussed her decision to have Maddie Ziegler play a character with autism in her new movie “Music” during an interview with Australia’s “10 News First”.
After a teaser for the flick was released last month, many took to social media to criticize Sia for casting Ziegler as a character with autism even though she isn’t autistic.
Sia told journalist Angela Bishop when asked about the backlash: “There is no way I could have used someone of Maddie’s level of functioning to play her.
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Sia is opening up more about the decision to cast Maddie Ziegler as an autistic teen in her upcoming movie, Music.
Sia has addressed her casting of Maddie Ziegler in her film Music again, describing the decision as “nepotism”.The singer was on the receiving end of a backlash last year for casting her frequent collaborator over an autistic actor.Music centres around an autistic teenager, played by Ziegler.
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Sia is making her feature directorial debut with her upcoming film "Music" but one of her casting choices is raising eyebrows. The singer/songwriter-turned-filmmaker cast "Dance Mom" alum Maddie Ziegler as an autistic teen even though the 18-year-old is not autistic in real-life. Sia defended her choice in a new interview with Australia’s 10 News First (via Yahoo Entertainment).
Sia is defending her decision to cast Maddie Ziegler as a character with autism in her upcoming movie Music.