The Business
Creating Authentic Autistic TV Characters
Alex Plank consults on FX's "The Bridge" for the character with Aspegers. Max Burkholder plays a boy with Autism on NBC's "Parenthood."
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenAlex Plank, the consultant on FX's The Bridge, has Aspergers and works closely with actress Diane Krueger and the show's creators to authenticate her character. Max Burkholder is not on the autism spectrum, but he plays a boy with Aspergers on NBC's Parenthood. Both talk about making autistic characters authentic.
Banner image: Alex Plank on the set of The Bridge
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3 storiesHollywood News Banter
Kim Masters and John Horn of the Los Angeles Times discuss some of this week's top entertainment news stories.
Read the story8 minConsulting on Autism
Alex Plank co-created WrongPlanet.net , an online autism community. He also hosts and produces the online series Autism Talk TV . Over the past year he has worked as a consultant on the FX series The Bridge .
Read the story13 minActing Autistic
Actor Max Burkholder plays Max Braverman, a boy with Asperger's, on NBC's series Parenthood , now in its fifth season. Burkholder talks with Kim Masters about how he embodies the role and how he wishes he were more like his character.
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