![]() With practice and determination, Christy Brown later went on to become a painter, poet, and writer of note. ![]() After a while, social worker Katriona Delahunt learnt of his story and began visiting Christy and bringing him books and painting materials. Although it is said that he never had formal education, his mother helped him to learn how to read and write. However, at the age of five, he showed control of his left foot and, by using chalk, wrote on the ground. After his birth, doctors noticed that Christy had severe cerebral palsy, a neurological disorder that left him almost entirely spastic in his limbs. ![]() Jim Sheridan, a six-time Academy Award nominee, told Sky News he does 'not think its right anymore' for 'able-bodied' actors to play disabled characters. The film is adapted from Christy Brown's 1954 memoir of the same name.Ĭhristy Brown, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, was born in a working-class Irish family in a Dublin slum to Bridget Fagan and Patrick Brown. The director of My Left Foot has said he would cast a disabled actor in the role that won Daniel Day-Lewis an Oscar if the film was being made today. My Left Foot also won a BAFTA for Best Film and numerous other awards and nominations.įilmed and set in Crumlin, Dublin, My Left Foot is a riveting unsentimental bio-drama about Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy and could only move his left foot. ![]()
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