Stevie (I Used to Be Famous)

Stevie is a main character in the drama movie I Used to be Famous.

Character creation
Director Eddie Sternberg has an autistic cousin with high support needs; Saul Zur-Szpiro. He plays the drums in The AutistiX, a band where the majority of the members are also autistic.

To find an actor for the role of Stevie, a nationwide casting call for autistic and otherwise neurodivergent actors was sent out. They ended up going with actor Leo Long, who is neurodivergent.

Synopsis
The movie follows the unlikely friendship between Stevie, a young drummer, and Vinnie D, a washed-up former member of a famous boyband.

Autism
Stevie is described as autistic in the description of the official trailer. In the movie itself, autism is only named when his mother quips "what do you know about autism?" to Vinnie.