A granddaughter of one of the original’s cast members has expressed her disappointment saying “once again [little people] have been forgotten”. | karlkwin timebandits
has come under fire from the granddaughter of one of the original’s cast members for failing to provide onscreen opportunities for little people.
The cast featured some big names – John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm and Gilliam’s co-writer Michael Palin among them – but the six bandits of the title were all short-statured actors. Jack Purvis and Kenny Baker, who was most famous for portraying R2D2 in theAdvocacy group Little People America defines dwarfism as “a medical or genetic condition that usually results in an adult height of 4 foot 10 inches or shorter among both men and women”.
Malcolm Dixon, Mike Edmonds, Jack Purvis, David Rappaport, and Ralph Richardson in Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits . Taking to TikTok to voice her frustration, Abbie Purvis said “for a generation that is so big on talking about inclusivity and diversity and making sure everyone’s heard, this whole casting choice just seems absurd”., she said, “is the only film that’s ever represented people like me in a way that isn’t seen as a goblin or one of Snow White’s seven little men”.
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