Pretty crazy that a deaf actress (who is amazing by the way), is going to play the role of someone who was just faking being deaf.

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Millicent Simmonds

Helen & Teacher
Helen Keller

Helen Keller movie casts deaf Quiet Place star Millicent Simmonds as disability activist

The 18-year-old deaf performer, who rose to prominence at the center of Todd Haynes’ 2017 fantasy Wonderstruck, will lead Keller through Helen & Teacher as the film follows her throughout the early 1900s while she navigates her education at Radcliffe College of Harvard University. There, she rapidly expands her worldview as quickly as she expands her relationships — particularly the one she shares with her conservative translator, Anne Sullivan (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan), who’s hesitant to embrace Keller’s new personal and social awakening.

“Most people only know of Helen Keller’s story from when she was a child. Helen & Teacher will look at her as a young adult when she developed a radical, world-changing political voice,” writer-director Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice) told The Hollywood Reporter, which also reported that Simmonds is a distant cousin of Keller’s. “Today, when some TikTok threads dispute Helen Keller’s achievements and even her existence, it is time for a film that shows her relevance, her brilliance, and her unbreakable spirit.” – Source