> I have issues finding well written characters who stutter in movies or TV shows. To play the Devil's Advocate... Film and TV casting is (largely) about appearance and communication. Can the actor reach the audience? Unless the role is specifically a PWS, more times than not, any stuttering in the production is counter to the flow of the dialogue. Listening to a PWS requires a bit of patience from the audience. I have a low opinion of most audiences, and I believe most studios do as well. (I also have a low opinion of most studios.) Too often, stuttering is a gag in movies. e.g. A Fish Called Wanda (great movie, seriously.) Just as TV and movies will always be primarily good-looking people, they will always be primarily very fluent people. Let's use attractiveness as an analogy. On a scale of 1 to 10 for attractiveness, most people fall between a 4 and a 7. IRL you never see a group of people who are all 8's and 9's. Yet in TV and movies, everyone is at the top end of the scale. All high numbers. Same with fluency. Unless stuttering is a plot device, you aren't going to see an actor with a low fluency index. Actors take speech and diction classes to be as fluent and articulate as possible. Their ability to speak is part of their craft.