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A Sussex schoolboy has become the first actor with Down syndrome to star in a Disney film.

Noah Matthews Matofsky, 15, from Shoreham-by-Sea, is set to appear in Peter Pan & Wendy (2023) – which is available to watch on Disney Plus tomorrow (Friday, April 28). Noah plays the role of Slightly – the leader of the Lost Boys in Neverland – in a live-action remake of the animated adventure film.

Directed by David Lowery, the film is the latest adaptation of the classic novel by J.M. Barrie that tells the story of Wendy Darling – a young girl afraid to leave her childhood home – and Peter Pan, who she travels with to the magical world of Never Land and battles against the evil Captain Hook.

Peter Pan & Wendy: Sussex schoolboy with Down syndrome to make Disney history in live-action remake alongside Jude Law