The first major thriller to star a wheelchair user in 70 years, “Run” isn’t just notable for its authentic casting, but for what Allen calls “its authentic characters.” She admits to being relieved to see a well-crafted, suspenseful script by Chagantry and Sev Ohanian that “doesn’t just have a disabled character shoved into a trope, something that reduces the complexity of the person or has them there to inform someone else’s journey.
Allen grew up in New York and had always been around theater, as her mother is a writer. “I was in rehearsals with people from a young age,” she notes. “But it wasn’t until second or third grade I realized, ‘Oh, this is something you could do for a job. Well, that’s what I want to do!’” Currently studying creative writing at Columbia University, Allen made her professional acting debut in the 2017 off-Broadway play “Girl #2” by Bekah Brunstetter.
She recalls being taken by how the role had so many colors and emotions. “She’s smart, but she’s also cool, and she’s really sweet, but she’s also really tough,” Allen raves. “The script gives her the opportunity to be a full person and have this incredibly rich and transformative journey.” She sent the filmmakers an email saying “Whatever happens with the casting, I’m so excited to see this movie, because this is one of the best representations of a disabled character I’ve ever seen.
“Run” was shot in Winnipeg in 2018, and Allen confesses she spent a lot of time studying her co-star. “Just watching her work was the greatest lesson,” she says. One day, when Paulson was supposed to film an emotional breakdown, Allen asked her if she would mind if she came to set to observe. “So I showed up and I was expecting to see some process, to watch how she does it and learn from it. Like, does she do exercises to get into character?” Allen recalls.
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Yeah can we not have a movie about a wheelchair user who has been 'confined' most of her life because of a mentally unstable parent? Thanks.
SFdirewolf What of 'Kills on Wheels'? Is that not 'major' enough?
YES QUEEN 🙌 KieraJAllen
Would be great if we could watch this in the UK
SevOhanian this is everything
Hope that wheelchair has a jet pack strapped to the back of it or she ain’t running anywhere.
What was the movie to star a wheelchair user before this one? Not sure if rear window is that old.
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