Now the actor is gearing up for the film’s long-awaited release and the Oscar attention that may follow.
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So some ground had already been broken but I still have a ton of digging to do.
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When did you film this?
It was a very short shoot, like five or six weeks.
It was really special for many of us, we were kind of bridging hearing culture and deaf culture.
My sign language instructor, Jeremy, is now my friend, and so are his friends.
Did performing in sign language change your approach to acting?
You improvised some scenes in sign language as well.
Hows your ASL holding up?
All skills get rusty, and I feel like my ASL kind of sucks right now!
I just love languages.
Theres a scene where we are bantering at the dinner table that was quite memorable.
It felt like a scene that maybe hadnt been captured before, really beautiful and joyful.
The film has hard-captioned subtitles and audio descriptions and exquisitely mixed sound.
Its not automatically catered to hearing audiences.
Sound of Metalopens in select theaters Nov. 20, and streams on Amazon Prime Video beginning Dec. 4.
