Newcomer actress Aria Mia Loberti has been cast as the female lead in Netflix’s upcoming limited series adaptation All The Light We Cannot See, according to a recent report from Deadline.
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Loberti will star in the series as Marie-Laure, a blind teenager who comes across Werner, a German soldier, as they both struggle to survive the chaos of an occupied France during World War II. The four-part limited series will be adapted from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr’s novel of the same name, which was released in 2014.
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The casting of Loberti comes after the woman decided to audition for the role after she found out that they were looking for blind or low-vision actresses. Deadline reports that Loberti — who is a current Ph.D. student in Rhetoric at Pennsylvania State University — had no formal acting training, but still managed to secure the role in what will be her debut performance.
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“To find an actress to play the iconic Marie-Laure – a young blind woman whose greatest strength is the tenacity of her hope and the power of her voice across the airwaves during wartime – was no small challenge,” said Netflix producer Shawn Levy on the casting of Loberti. “We searched the world and reviewed thousands of auditions. We never thought our path would lead to someone who has not only never acted professionally, but never auditioned before. It was a jaw-drop moment when we first saw Aria Mia Loberti, who is both a natural performer and an advocate for disability equity and representation. I can’t wait to tell this beautiful story with her at the center.”
