Sia defends casting Maddie Ziegler as autistic teen in new film

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Sia is opening up more about the decision to cast Maddie Ziegler as an autistic teen in her upcoming movie, Music.

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Sia has addressed her casting of Maddie Ziegler in her film Music again, describing the decision as “nepotism”.The singer was on the receiving end of a backlash last year for casting her frequent collaborator over an autistic actor.Music centres around an autistic teenager, played by Ziegler.

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Shia LaBeouf and Margaret Qualley go for a jog together on Wednesday (December 23) in Pasadena, Calif.

Sia is adding more controversy to her upcoming movie ‘Music,’ admitting how she changed her mind and made the casting decision to replace Shia LaBeouf with Kate Hudson.The 45-year-old singer is making her directorial debut, recently releasing the trailer for the film and revealing that her usual leading lady Maddie Ziegler will be portraying an autistic girl.Fans of the hitmaker were quick to categorize her casting choices as insensitive, accusing her of ableism and lack of research during the

Sia has revealed she replaced Shia LaBeouf with Kate Hudson in her forthcoming directorial debut, days after calling him a “pathological liar” who “conned” her into a relationship. On Sunday (13 December), Sia voiced her support for musician FKA twigs after she filed a lawsuit against LaBeouf, who was formerly her boyfriend.

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Sia has replaced Shia LaBeouf with Kate Hudson in her upcoming film Music, the singer has revealed.The news comes just days after Sia accused LaBeouf of being a “pathological liar” who “conned” her into an adulterous relationship as she spoke out against the actor following FKA Twigs’ legal action last week over allegations of sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress against LaBeouf.“I was going to do a narrative film, and in fact, Shia LaBeouf was cast to play Kate’s

Sia reworked her directorial debut to cast Kate Hudson in the lead role, after ditching Shia LaBeouf from the project. The Chandelier hitmaker revealed she initially tapped the Transformers star to lead the cast of Music but ended up making the film with Hudson, instead.

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Sia is defending her decision to cast Maddie Ziegler as a character with autism in her upcoming movie Music.

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Sia further discussed her decision to have Maddie Ziegler play a character with autism in her new movie “Music” during an interview with Australia’s “10 News First”.