Furious isn't just the best show on Hulu and Disney+ right now — its use of behind-the-scenes tech and AI is changing the game for disabled actors

If you've been watching Furious on Hulu and Disney+ , you'll know that Steve Way's character Alden is clearly the breakout star of the show.

If you haven't been, you're sorely missing out.

The overarching plot follows FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) as she hunts Catherine Grace (Lola Petticrew), a calculating sex-trafficking survivor turned serial killer.

Along the way, we find out that Catherine has a job as a home care aide for Alden (Way), whose mother has recently died.

Way has muscular dystrophy, with the part of Alden being specifically created for him after showrunner Elizabeth Merriweather met him on a panel while speaking about her previous series, Dying For Sex .

As soon as you see Way on screen, you understand why.

Not only do his stand-up comedy chops mean that his timing and sense of humor are impeccable, but his presence on screen is so enigmatic that you're never watching anyone else that's in the same shot.

I was expecting to be in stitches when the chance came up to interview him — and trust me, I was — but to my surprise I also came away with an entirely new perspective on AI , thanks to how much it's helping disabled actors behind the scenes. 'It's something no business, corporation or boss would ever give us' "I use technology every second that I'm awake," Way tells me.

"I'm on my laptop, writing, I read my scripts on big PDFs.

I had to zoom in to a table read.

I use AI almost as an assistant.

It helps me keep track of my schedule and what I'm working on.

"When I'm out, I use Text to Speech to make phone calls or send messages...

I've been doing that since I was 14.