Sia Defends Her Decision To Cast Maddie Ziegler As An Autistic Character In New Movie ‘Music’ Following Backlash
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etcanada.comSia 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. “I also needed a dancer, for [the character’s] imaginary life,” she added of the 18-year-old.
A synopsis for the film reads, “Zu [Kate Hudson] is newly sober when she receives news that she is to become the sole guardian of her half-sister named Music
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