Actor targets 'scarred villain' screen stereotype

Fellow actor Beau Bradfield said: "As an actor with facial scarring, I know how important it is to see people with visible differences represented on screen as real, complex people.

"I want children growing up with visible differences to see characters who look like them being heroes, friends, parents and love interests – not just villains."

About 4.9 million people in the UK have a visible difference, the charity said.

As part of its work to monitor visible difference representation, it has worked with the Creative Diversity Network to include visible difference as a category in its diversity data monitoring and reporting.