Actor, disability-inclusion advocate and double hand amputee John W.
Lawson has been cast as Stanny in Paramount Players’ untitled “Pet Sematary” prequel, written and directed by Lindsey Beer.“I have myoelectric hands… or what people commonly call ‘cyborg,’” Lawson jokes.
“But most of the time, it’s just my hooks.”This news makes the “Pet Sematary” prequel one of the first major horror fiction films to cast a double amputee in a starring role.
Production on the movie, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian, began in August.While many plot details remain under wraps, Paramount did share that in the script, Stanny was not originally without hands — after Lawson auditioned, the role was rewritten to suit him.Lawson auditioned twice before hearing that new scenes had been written for the character.
“And when I got the new sides,” he told Variety, “they had completely written the role for
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