Bullied Boy With Dwarfism Scores Major Role In New 'Mad Max' Movie

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🗓️ 23 August 2022

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Quaden Bayles was bullied a few years ago by some kids at school for having dwarfism, That same boy just landed a role in the new 'Mad Max' movie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're on The Virtue.
0:02.0	What's trending now?
0:03.0	No!
0:04.0	Kristen Nas, it's The Virtue Show's Entertainment Bus.
0:07.0	So I don't know if you all remember this story, but I distinctly remember covering it in
0:10.6	Entertainment Bus.
0:11.6	This was February of 2020.
0:14.0	And there was a young indigenous Australian boy with dwarfism whose mother had posted
0:19.8	a video on Facebook of the tall bullying had taken on him.
0:23.4	And they were sitting in the car.
0:25.1	He was in the passenger seat.
0:26.3	He was sobbing.
0:27.3	He was just so distraught.
0:29.9	And he even asked his mom for a knife because he didn't want to live anymore.
0:32.4	Like it was heartbreaking.
0:34.6	And it ended up going viral.
0:36.7	And then celebrities came to the forefront.
0:39.7	They started to go fund me for him.
0:42.2	Hugh Jackman posted a video who is a fellow Aussie.
0:46.2	And it was just, it was beautiful to see the support for this young boy who has dwarfism.
0:53.0	Well now he's landed a new role in the new Mad Max movie.
0:56.5	Oh, get out of here.
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