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 has expressed regret over responding to criticism of her decision to cast a neurotypical actor as the non-verbal autistic lead in her upcoming new film, Music.Many took to social media in November to voice their criticism following the release of the film’s first trailer, which shows Maddie Ziegler, who is not autistic, playing the role of a nonverbal autistic teenager named Music.Sia responded to a number of comments on Twitter, saying she had consulted autistic people and allies on the
.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 adding more controversy to her upcoming movie ‘Music,’ admitting how she changed her mind and made the casting decision to replace Shia LaBeouf with Kate Hudson.The 45-year-old singer is making her directorial debut, recently releasing the trailer for the film and revealing that her usual leading lady Maddie Ziegler will be portraying an autistic girl.Fans of the hitmaker were quick to categorize her casting choices as insensitive, accusing her of ableism and lack of research during the
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Sia has replaced Shia LaBeouf with Kate Hudson in her upcoming film Music, the singer has revealed.The news comes just days after Sia accused LaBeouf of being a “pathological liar” who “conned” her into an adulterous relationship as she spoke out against the actor following FKA Twigs’ legal action last week over allegations of sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress against LaBeouf.“I was going to do a narrative film, and in fact, Shia LaBeouf was cast to play Kate’s
Gallery: 10 things you didn't know about Hailee Steinfeld (BANG Showbiz)The movie has faced controversy because of the casting of Maddie Ziegler as an autistic girl who moves in with her newly-sober half-sibling Zu, despite the fact the 18-year-old star isn't autistic herself. Sia recently defended the casting of her frequent collaborator, insisting it was more "compassionate" than hiring someone with autism.
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Sia reworked her directorial debut to cast Kate Hudson in the lead role, after ditching Shia LaBeouf from the project. The Chandelier hitmaker revealed she initially tapped the Transformers star to lead the cast of Music but ended up making the film with Hudson, instead.
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