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RJ Mitte<\/a> struggled with getting cast as a disabled actor in Hollywood … at least according to years of text messages he exchanged with a friend.<\/p>\n According to messages obtained by Daily Mail<\/a>, RJ often griped to his friend about the challenges he faced in the industry, particularly when it came to the representation of disabled actors.<\/p>\n In a message from April 7, 2017, he wrote … “When I go for a part, they sometimes tell me that it’s not a character with a disability, and I’m like why can’t the character be disabled?”<\/p>\n He added … “They get real uncomfortable when I say that.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n In another message from April 2017, RJ talked about how he was having a tough time with casting, despite his “Breaking Bad” success.<\/p>\n He wrote … “I can do any role, but some of [the casting agents and directors] are a**holes who won’t even look at me.”<\/p>\n RJ expressed in a follow-up message that he wanted to put those agents and directors on blast, but ultimately decided against it.<\/p>\n That December, RJ revealed he’d been working on a TV pilot that ended up going nowhere, describing the business as “brutal.”<\/p>\n In February 2019, RJ told his friend he worked on a film in Australia, but explained that doing too many international projects can mess with his health care.<\/p>\n He wrote … “I hope I can find stuff here. I would like to work enough to keep my [health] insurance. Pain in the ass lol.”<\/p>\n After COVID shut everything down in 2020, RJ told his friend he needed to “figure out more work,” saying … “I just need to remind people to book me.”<\/p>\n In March 2021, he mentioned how the pandemic made the casting hurdle for disabled actors even higher, writing … “Gotta convince people that I’m not going to die of Covid.”<\/p>\n RJ added … “There’s a backlash about people with disabilities, they think that we can’t be insured or that we are going to die in the middle of a scene, its bulls***.”<\/p>\n In April 2022, he told his friend he was doing his own writing because he’d been “getting a lot of scripts where I would be a prop and they don’t want to give any depth, 3 lines if that.”<\/p>\n Later that year, RJ claimed he’d only been doing animation because “no one wants me on screen” … calling the setback “annoying as f***.”<\/p>\n In July 2025, he told his friend he was considering turning to reality TV — specifically “Dancing with the Stars” to show audiences what people with cerebral palsy can do.<\/p>\n But RJ still had standards when it came to possible reality TV appearances, adding … “But I would have to make sure that any reality would be dignity, I don’t want to be laughed at, but would consider something that could give me a platform.”<\/p>\n Play video content<\/p>\n The “Breaking Bad” star has been a longtime advocate for disabled actors in Hollywood. The last time we saw him, he called on the industry to have more representation for disabled actors.<\/p>\n We broke the story … RJ died<\/a> Monday in Texas at just 34 years old. We’re told he died by suicide.<\/p>\n![\"rj](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/b6c86bfd55324080804212e396aa6b00_md.jpg\")
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