{"id":6434,"date":"2022-10-25T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/say.org\/?p=6434"},"modified":"2025-11-21T13:55:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:55:05","slug":"ant-man-actor-paul-rudd-is-a-giant-at-benefit-to-help-stuttering-children-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/say.org\/?p=6434","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ant Man\u2019 Actor Paul Rudd is a Giant at Benefit to Help Stuttering Children (Photos!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The New York Independent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actor Paul Rudd added some Hollywood glitz to the All-Star Bowling Benefit for SAY.<br>On the eve of the long-anticipated trailer for \u201cAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,\u201d Paul Rudd was demonstrating what it means to be a real-life superhero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helping children was at the forefront of his mind, as he led \u201cPaul Rudd\u2019s 9th Annual All-Star Bowling Benefit for SAY. The Stuttering Association for the Young\u201d at Bowlero Chelsea Piers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rudd was starring opposite Julia Roberts in Broadway\u2019s Three Days of Rain when his journey with SAY began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI was playing a character that stuttered,\u201d he explains. \u201cI didn\u2019t know much about stuttering, and I didn\u2019t want to just watch an actor in a movie and try to copy that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI wanted to talk to somebody who really knows what\u2019s going on and has to deal with this affliction,\u201d he said in an interview with The New York Independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rudd turned to the internet for research and met Taro Alexander, the Vice President of SAY, a non-profit organization that provides, support, advocacy and life-changing experiences for young people who stutter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAY offers innovative and thoughtful programs, such as summer camps, speech therapy and creative arts programming, all of which address the physical, social and emotional impacts of stuttering.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns6434_da7d48-2f{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:flex-start;align-items:center;}.kt-btns6434_da7d48-2f .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns6434_da7d48-2f .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns6434_da7d48-2f .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button{color:#555555;border-color:#555555;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns6434_da7d48-2f .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns6434_da7d48-2f .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{color:#ffffff;border-color:#444444;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns6434_da7d48-2f .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button::before{display:none;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns6434_da7d48-2f .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns6434_da7d48-2f .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{background:#444444;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kb-buttons-wrap kb-btns6434_da7d48-2f\"><style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn6434_9fa109-3c.kb-button{width:initial;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn6434_9fa109-3c.kb-button{text-transform:uppercase;}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn6434_9fa109-3c kt-btn-size-large kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-fill kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenyindependent.com\/film\/669876\/actor-paul-rudd-stuttering-benefit\/?noamp=mobile\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">View Article<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Independent Actor Paul Rudd added some Hollywood glitz to the All-Star Bowling Benefit for SAY.On the eve of the long-anticipated trailer for \u201cAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,\u201d Paul Rudd was demonstrating what it means to be a real-life superhero. 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