Marissa Bode, the first wheelchair user ever to play 'Wicked's' Nessarose, called jokes about her character's disability 'low ...

"It is simply a low-hanging fruit that too many of you are comfortable taking," the out actor said in a recent TikTok.

“ Wicked ” actor Marissa Bode is shutting down the “very gross and harmful” jokes about her character’s disability following ...

Marissa Bode is addressing the derogatory comments made about her “Wicked” character. Bode, who portrays the character ...

Wicked's Marissa Bode, who uses a wheelchair onscreen and in real life, reacted to ableist jokes made about her character ...

The 24-year-old actress, who portrays Nessarose, the younger sister of Elphaba ( Cynthia Erivo ), revealed that after signing ...

Instead of Nessarose “pleading for a disability to be fixed”, Wicked Part Two will see the script “focusing on the magic in ...

Marissa then revealed that she is "deeply unserious" and enjoys "silly, goofy, harmless” jokes about Nessarose. However, she ...

Marissa Bode speaks out against harmful jokes about her character's disability in Wicked, urging compassion and change.

For those unfamiliar with the premise of the silver screen adaptation, Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as ...

Wicked star Marissa Bode has condemned social media users who have made her and her character’s disability the butt of the ...

Wicked actress Marissa Bode posted a lengthy TikTok after she noticed “aggressive” and “harmful” comments from viewers about ...