Has anyone seen any movies with Aspie characters in it?
From my limited understanding, I reckon John Laroche(Chris Cooper)
in "Adaptation" seemed to have a few traits, especially in regards to his special interests. Laroche would completely immerse himself in his interest to the point of becoming an expert and then for no apparent reason he would drop it and move on to a new interest. He also had limited social skills, but was a very interesting and intelligent character. Cooper one a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the role.
People have commented on my Charisma.
Heh, I wouldn't say i'm Charismatic..
I just electrify peoples souls =p
Emmet Ray (Sean Penn) in Sweet and Low Down. He was a jazz muzo who was socially awkward, unaware of other people's feelings and had a thing for trains.
Certainly Woody Allen, who wrote and directed it, has considerable Aspie traits.
Oh for sure. I read somewhere that Aspies can be painfully aware of death at an early age and Woody has full on death anxiety. He once said, "I don't want to become immortal through my work, I want to become immortal through not dying." Lol.
And once on Letterman I remember him saying that movies and baseball are the only things he knows anything about.
And once on Letterman I remember him saying that movies and baseball are the only things he knows anything about.
Actually he may have said that on Parkinson. But either way, he said it.
That annoying little kid in Lost in Space.
And Anakin Skywalker
What Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentley) and his mum (Allison Janney) in American Beauty?
Should read.
What about Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentley) and his mum (Allison Janney) in American Beauty?
Hey, guys. If you type Aspie Movie Characters into Google this thread comes up. Sweet.
I’ve discovered two beauties from Northern Exposure. Here are their character bios from Wikipedia.
Ed Chigliak is a fictional character in the television series Northern Exposure. He was played by Darren E. Burrows.
Ed was born in Alaska to a white mother and a native American father. He was abandoned shortly after his birth and was raised by an Indian tribe.
As the series opens he is eighteen years old, living alone and working for Maurice Minnifield as a gofer; later he also works in Ruth-Anne Miller's general grocery. He is amiable, but somewhat slow at understanding what people want of him. He can be tactless, and has difficulty understanding social conventions such as "knocking before entering". However he is obviously highly intelligent, and has an amazing memory for facts (he enjoys reading the telephone directory). These traits have led to some suggesting he may have Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism.[citation needed] Another, perhaps more likely, possibility is ADD, Attention Deficit Disorder, since Ed is in fact quite good at taking the perspective of others but is very easily distracted.
He loves movies and has a large knowledge of them. He took to 16mm film-making early in the series, and likes to film anything. He becomes a shaman-in-training later on. Ed is perhaps Joel's closest friend as he frequently serves as a confidant. Ed has made at least three movies
Adam is a fictional character of the television series Northern Exposure, played by Adam Arkin.
He appeared in eighteen episodes.
When Adam first appears he is Cicely's equivalent of Bigfoot: a shadowy, mythological creature rarely seen and known mainly for petty thefts and leaving enormous bare footprints. When Joel Fleischman's truck breaks down in the wilderness, Adam reluctantly comes to his aid, bringing Joel to his secret cabin. Joel learns that Adam is a misanthropic recluse, a compulsive liar and a gourmet cook — and hates wearing shoes. Adam also hints at a past with the CIA, involvement with Iran-Contra and knowing who Deep Throat is. In recent years, some viewers have noted the possible traits of high-functioning autism: Adam's inability to wear shoes (classic sensory disorder), his constant topic control, frequent outbursts, tendency to monologue, and the inability to take the perspective of others all make him a candidate for that particular disorder.
Following this encounter, the very grouchy and cynical Adam becomes a more frequent (though still occasional) visitor to the 'civilisation' of Cicely. This attitude makes for a sarcastic personality and illustrates his love-hate relationship with Fleischman and the rest of the town. He works on occasion in Holling Vincoeur's restaurant, "The Brick", and writes for Maurice Minnifield's newspaper. Adam is open to frequent outbursts at people, particularly when they pay him a compliment; he takes it immediately as an insult and spouts off harmful remarks.
In the third season we meet Adam's lover, inevitably called Eve. Eve is, as Fleischman puts it, "the Mozart of hypochondriacs", and attempts to persuade Dr Fleischman to carry out all sorts of medical tests on her. She even proceeds to kidnap Fleischman in the process by chaining him up in their house for a weekend. She and Adam fight constantly, but resist strongly any suggestion that they might split up; when she's not around, Adam consistently refers to the bliss that he experiences in their marriage.
Adam and Eve both profess unlikely religions. Adam is a bad-tempered, and sometimes violent, Quaker. Eve calls herself a "Reformed Christian Scientist" and constantly seeks medical attention.
Later in the series Adam and Eve are married, and we discover (as does Adam) that Eve is a wealthy heiress. Adam and Eve seem to interrupt their reclusive lifestyle with periods of international jetsetting.
Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) in Lars and the real girl.
I watched Dexter for the first time last night. I don't think the murdering is what makes him Aspie, but I think that perhaps his: obsession with blood, aversion to sex, lack of feeling for others and the fact that he feels everything he does to fit in is just as an act is all very Aspie.
Has anyone else seen Dexter?
The show is American, it was on pay tv down here in Australia, so I've been watching the first season on DVD.
Dexter is a a forensics investigator who works for the Miami Police Department. He speacilizes in blood analysis. He's also a serial killer, but channels his compulsion to only kill other murderers who have escaped justice.
His life went down this path when his father, who was a homicide cop, realized Dexter's true nature and basically trained him to channel his compulsion to kill only those who deserved it, eg murderers who escaped justice.
Most of his voice over dilaogue is him talking about his constant efforts to "act normal" because he doesn't have feelings and therefore has to copy other people's gestures and responses to fit in. The show regularly goes into flashback scenes and shows Dexter as a boy with his father who constantly tells him he must do things he doesn't feel like doing, in order to fit in, like smile when he has his photo taken and stuff like that. Dexter also takes things really literally and says abrupt things and sometimes misses hints. In one episode he talks (in voice over) about how much he loves to be alone because he doesn't have to act.
He constantly says things like "if I felt anything, I'd feel sad right now"
So the shows not only about him hidding the fact that he's a serial killer, but also about the way he has to hide that he doesn't think, feel and respond the way "normal" people do. So he's constantly acting the way he thinks he should because he knows his natural state is abnormal. It's a good show.
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Yeah that was me. I would rate Six Feet Under as the best TV show I’ve ever seen.
I goggled does Dexter have Asperger’s? The only thing that came up was a post on yahoo answers, where somebody said that he was probably more a psychopath than an Aspie. I tend to agree but he does have Aspie traits.