After landing a role in Coyote Ugly, Piper Perabo quickly started to rise to fame. In fact, since Coyote Ugly, Perabo has been making a name for herself in several other titles.
In one film, Red Machine, she played a very convincing deaf photographer, which led some people to believe that she might be deaf in real life.
So, is this true? Is Piper Perabo really deaf in real life? That’s what we’re going to find out in this post.
Piper Perabo’s Deaf Role in Red Machine: The Beginning of Deaf Speculations
As we take a closer look at Perabo’s deaf role in Red Machine, there’s something that you should quickly note. The movie’s official title is “Red Machine: Hunt or Be Hunted”. It revolves around a hunt for a Grizzly bear and stars Parebo. However, the movie has also become known as “Into the Grizzly Maze”, and should not be confused with another film also titled “Red Machine” that was released a few years before.
Now, if you haven’t heard of Piper Perabo before, then you probably haven’t watched Coyote Ulgy, a film that’s often called a cult classic. She was the dancing waitress who quickly became famous after the role she portrayed in the film.
Apart from this appearance, Perabo also starred in Cheaper by the Dozen, Lost and Delirious, Imagine Me & You, and Yellowstone, amongst others. She is an American actress and is well known not only for playing roles in comedies but also for being great at drama too.
In the movie ‘Red Machine’, you’ll see that Perabo plays the role of a deaf photographer, specifically a deaf-mute wildlife photographer and conservationist. Now, something that really amazed fans was the fact that her performance was so convincing – it really seemed like she was actually deaf in real life. This caused a lot of confusion among people who watched the movie – especially among those who had seen other films and TV series that starred Perabo.
Is Piper Perabo Really Deaf in Real life?
If you’ve been keeping up with the news, you might have seen that some publications reported Perabo as being deaf. Or, at least, some have been saying that she has been deaf in her right ear since birth.
However, when it comes to taking a closer look at these things, we also need to consider any details that Perabo herself has announced or shared. And according to interviews with the actress, she is actually not deaf.
She revealed in interviews that she actually had a challenging time doing the role and that it was intimidating to play a deaf character. In a previous role, she starred as a multilingual actress who was able to communicate in 18 languages throughout the time she was on the show. And when she was cast in Red Machine, she didn’t have any lines to remember. Instead, it all came down to sign language that she had to learn. She also mentioned in interviews that the role was very interesting, as it taught her that there are different ways to communicate.
Now, when reading through the various details that Perabo has revealed, there are no indications that she is actually deaf. Instead, she has been talking about the fact that she even worked with people who had existing hearing problems on cast in order to adapt to the deaf community, as she wanted to do the community justice in the role she played.
Conclusion
Piper Perabo might not be a name as famous as some of the actors and actresses we see in the latest Marvel movies, but she’s certainly built up a reputation for herself. The complex roles that she had played in the past are what makes this actress so brilliant on screen.
From speaking 18 different languages to learning sign language, she really seems to go the extra mile for every role she has to play. However, one thing that we should not get confused about is her deaf role – while she played a great role, the actress is actually not deaf in real life.
Amna El Tawil is a professional journalist, reporter, and an Amazon published author living in Cairo, Egypt. She graduated from MIU with a journalism degree and later worked as a reporter and content writer at various news publications. Amna's works have appeared in the Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC), the International Herald Tribune, Thomson Reuters, and the BBC. Amna loves researching and has also authored several books on Amazon.