Global audiences have already had a chance to see
#EmilioInsolera in the Netflix drama
#FeelMyVoice, about a shy teenager with a gift for singing, since it bowed on April 3.
But they won't have heard the Italian actor and film producer's actual voice — except for two scenes where he yells — as Insolera is deaf. Relying on sign language, in 'Feel My Voice' he plays the deaf father of a hearing daughter with a passion for singing in the Italian-language remake of 'La Famille Bélier,' which was later adapted into
#CODA, the Academy Award–winning film.
Being seen and heard is important for Insolera, as he can both speak and sign in four languages: Spanish, Italian, English and Japanese. So he sees great creative opportunity for film and TV directors that allow him to be heard on camera. "Imagine a film character who speaks four signed languages and four spoken languages. It would break the deaf stereotype. What stories we have to share, and what effect would such a character have on ...