Kiera Allen on Headlining ‘Run,’ the First Major Thriller in 70 Years to Star a Wheelchair User
Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorYou may come into the new thriller “Run” a fan of Sarah Paulson or of filmmaker Aneesh Chaganty, who previously frayed nerves with his film “Searching.” But you will undoubtedly leave a fan of Kiera Allen, the remarkable actor at the center of the movie who makes her film debut.The first major thriller to star a wheelchair user in 70 years, “Run” isn’t just notable for its authentic casting, but for what Allen calls “its authentic characters.” She admits to being relieved to see a well-crafted, suspenseful script by Chagantry and Sev Ohanian that “doesn’t just have a disabled character shoved into a trope, something that reduces the complexity of the person or has them there to inform someone