Science fiction series, family drama and suspense plot, The Signal is the latest captivating fiction from Netflix. It tells the story of a father and his daughter, Sven and Charlie, who wait in vain for the return of Paula, their wife and mother, an astronaut sent for a few months on a secret mission aboard the International Space Station. While they are already at the airport to welcome her, the plane taking her home suddenly disappears in the middle of the Atlantic. Sven therefore finds himself alone with Charlie, his little daughter who had a close relationship with her mother and undoubtedly shared with her her dreams of space and stars, opposite him, a history teacher who is much more down to earth and rational. If The Signal is above all a science fiction series, driven by an investigation full of suspense and twists, it also develops a family drama about this father and his daughter who find themselves alone.
The Signal (Netflix): Yuna Bennett (Charlie) worked with coaches to learn sign language
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Little Charlie being hard of hearing, The Signal plays a lot on this aspect, with several scenes of dialogue in sign language between the father and the little girl. When the noise from the outside world becomes too present, Sven removes Charlie’s devices, in particular to protect her from information that is too hard to hear about her mother. Or attacks from the families of victims of the plane crash and the attacking questions from journalists. But Yuna Bennett, the young actress who plays Charlie in The Signal, Is she hearing impaired like her character? According to information provided by Netflix, no, Yuna Bennett is not hard of hearing. The young actress, aged 12, therefore worked with coaches to prepare for her role in The Signal.
The Signal (Netflix): Florian David Fitz (Sven) talks about the scenes in sign language
Actor Florian David Fitz, who plays Sven, spoke about this aspect of this role. “What took the most work was sign language, so that what I said to Yuna Bennett was actually true, he told the German site Netflix Woche. In the end, the main thing is that deaf people understand it.” Expressing yourself in sign language has consequences on physical acting, according to the actor. “You have to know how to move your mouth or not. When we shot the show, it still felt like a secret language. And it was also very interesting to figure out what Sven and Charlie say out loud or what they sign , when Charlie no longer wants to hear about the world and how Sven tries to protect her.”
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The Signal (Netflix): Florian David Fitz (Sven) was “super jealous” scenes in space
On the other hand, unlike actress Peri Baumeister, who plays Paula in The Signal, Florian David Fitz did not have the opportunity to shoot any scenes “in space”. “I was super jealous of these scenes, confided the actor. Everyone asks me, ‘Aren’t you angry because you weren’t in space?’ And I had almost forgotten that yes, I was a little. But I realized how crazy it was to shoot these sequences, I saw them hanging on their ropes and I was no longer so jealous (laughs).”
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