Sebastian Stan slams reporter for calling A Different Man co-star Adam Pearson a 'beast' over facial tumors caused by genetic disorder Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Sonia Horon For Dailymail.Com Published: 04:07 BST, 19 September 2024 | Updated: 04:08 BST, 19 September 2024 e-mail View comments Sebastian Stan called out a reporter for describing his co-star Adam Pearson as a 'beast.
' Stan, 42, and Pearson, 39, were promoting their upcoming movie, A Different Man , earlier this year at the Berlin Film Festival. The film follows Edward (Stan) who undergoes facial reconstructive surgery, but later becomes fascinated by Oswald (Pearson), an actor who portrays him in a stage play. In real life, Pearson has neurofibromatosis, a condition that causes benign tumors to grow on nerve tissue.
During a Q&A, Stan hit back at a journalist who called his character Edward a 'beast' prior to undergoing his surgery. Sebastian Stan, 42, called out a reporter for describing his A Different Man co-star Adam Pearson, 39, as a 'beast' at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year Pearson (pictured) has neurofibromatosis, a condition that causes benign tumors to grow on nerve tissue Read More Sebastian Stan is unrecognizable in the trailer for the dark comedy A Different Man 'What do you think happens after the transformation from this so-called beast, as they call him, to this perfect man?' the reporter asked. 'I am gonna call you out a bit on the choice of words there, because .