Audrey Hepburn on Wait Until Dark: Portraying blindness is a lot more difficult than it seems. Natur

Audrey Hepburn on Wait Until Dark: Portraying blindness is a lot more difficult than it seems. Naturally, the audience knows that Audrey Hepburn is not blind. So how am I going to convince then that I am blind in the story? We have been testing contact lenses, thinking that they might give a suggestion of blindness. But I am pretty much against that, especially because of the discomfort of getting used to them. Some have suggested that I stare at a fixed point off-camera, but I don’t like that idea either. Besides, one of the things I learned in my research was that the blind are taught to direct their eyes to those they are talking to. I spent two days at the Lighthouse Institute for the Blind in New York City, underwent blindfold training along with real-life trainees… It was a strange and enlightening experience. You realize how helpless you are without sight, and yet you learn how much can be taught to blind people so they can be virtually independent. -- source link

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