Netflix Casts Blind Actresses for Lead Roles in 'All the Light We Cannot See' Mini-series
- Netflix is adapting the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "All the Light We Cannot See" into a four-episode mini-series.
- The two lead actresses playing the blind protagonist, Marie-Laure, are also blind in real life.
- The production made efforts to accommodate the blind actors and accurately portray the experiences of blind individuals.
- The show follows Marie-Laure and a young German radio engineer, Werner, in occupied France during World War II.
- Netflix conducted a global casting call to find blind actors for the lead roles and enlisted a blindness consultant.