Sia is opening up more about the decision to cast Maddie Ziegler as an autistic teen in her upcoming movie, Music.
The 45-year-old musician revealed on Australia’s The Project program that it was not only ableism, but nepotism as well, that lead her to bring Maddie into the project. “I realized it wasn’t ableism — I mean, it is ableism, I guess, as well — but it’s actually nepotism, because I can’t do a project without her, I don’t want to.
I wouldn’t make art if it didn’t include her,” she said. Sia also shared that Maddie was concerned about taking the role. “She cried on the first day of rehearsals and she was really scared.
She just said, ‘I don’t want anyone to think I’m making fun of them,’” Sia recalled. “And I, bald-facedly, said
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