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Originally Posted by dubc80
Pretty neat article.
Keivonn Woodard, the little kid who plays Sam is a deaf hockey player.
He has a American Sign Language interpreter at his games/practices, and the rink has a special lighting system to help him with stoppages and line changes funded by a grant from the Washington Capitals.
Unfortunately, his dad died very recently. 
The below part was pretty neat though.
Keivonn spent three months in Calgary filming "The Last of Us" in early 2022, Mazin said.
The show gave Keivonn and his mother a list of nearby rinks if he wanted to go skating or play hockey, but there wasn't enough time until her son wrapped up shooting his scenes, his mother said.
"Keivonn's driver had a son who actually played hockey and he said, 'Hey, you can join my kid's team and play with them,'" Jackson-Woodard said. "He was just so excited to play. It was like a kid eating ice cream."
https://www.nhl.com/web/news/the-las...?tid=277350296 |
For a kid with no action experience, I thought he did pretty great.
Also think the actor playing Ellie is pretty solid too. She really manages to give off that flippant, sarcastic, uncaring, slightly awkward teenage vibe well.