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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.
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