VIDEO [ASL] - All About Deaf Actor John Maucere Scandal.
This vlog covers on the star of "No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie" also known as John Maucere and his shady past, such as a drugs user, theft and fraudster. Has John Maucere's public image finally recovered after his scandal a few years back?
Maucere shocked Deaf community when he publicly admitted to drugs abused in young adult. Eventually, less a dozen Deaf and Hard of Hearing people came forward about theft and fraudster with a professional Deaf actor, incriminating messages that Maucere had sent to back up their accusations.
VIDEO [CC] - Hamill is now "The Hammer"! The movie is the true story of Deaf UFC Fighter, Matt Hamill.
The captions are provided in the video promo so that hearing and Deaf audiences can experience the film together.
Matt “The Hammer” Hamill and Clay “The Carpenter” Guida - business ventures outside the UFC including “Hamill” the movie based on his life story were able to see a man with a physical handicap, Matt Hamill is Deaf flourish in a sport - http://www.matthamill.com
Some Cool Things About The Movie:
- All the Deaf characters are played by Deaf actors.
- The movie is 1/3 in sign language and 2/3 in English, which is why there are subtitles throughout, so that Deaf and hearing audiences can watch the movie together.
- Russell Harvard (who plays Matt), played Daniel Day Lewis' son in There Will Be Blood.
- Shoshannah Stern (who plays Kristi) was Bonnie on Jericho, and a prominent figure in the first season of Weeds.
- UFC Fighter Rich Franklin who plays one of Matt's wrestling coaches, actually fought and beat Matt Hamill IN 2008.
- Mark Hamill (of Luke Skywalker fame) is not in the movie.
Other names, The Hammer. Nationality, American - Born in Loveland, Ohio, Hamill was Deaf from birth. He was introduced - Hamill is the subject of an upcoming movie entitled Hamill about his early life and wrestling career http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Hamill
This vlog covers on the star of "No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie" also known as John Maucere and his shady past, such as a drugs user, theft and fraudster. Has John Maucere's public image finally recovered after his scandal a few years back?
