Riz Ahmed's latest film, Sound of Metal, depicts a heavy-metal musician who starts losing his sense of hearing. Although it certainly feels like a "based on a true story" kind of movie, it's actually entirely fictional - but Ahmed and the movie's whole team worked to be sure that their depictions of hearing loss and the deaf community were accurate and respectful.
Ahmed immersed himself in research in order to play Ruben, a heavy-metal drummer whose life and career are derailed by the sudden onset of severe hearing loss. A big part of that was working with members of the deaf community. "I'm here to listen to people's experiences," he told Screen Daily. "That's the best thing you can do as an actor, on or off set - listen and learn." Many of the actors in the film who portray deaf characters are deaf in real life, and Ahmed...
Ahmed immersed himself in research in order to play Ruben, a heavy-metal drummer whose life and career are derailed by the sudden onset of severe hearing loss. A big part of that was working with members of the deaf community. "I'm here to listen to people's experiences," he told Screen Daily. "That's the best thing you can do as an actor, on or off set - listen and learn." Many of the actors in the film who portray deaf characters are deaf in real life, and Ahmed...
- 1/27/2021
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
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