Marissa Bode is speaking out against ableist comments about her "Wicked" character. The actress, who plays ...

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

Part Two’ moment for Marissa Bode’s character Nessarose will focus on “the magic of the story,” she tells PEOPLE ...

Spoilers ahead. If you’re familiar with the Broadway show, you know Nessarose has quite the arc in Act 2. She succeeds her ...

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

Wicked has previously faced criticism over how Nessarose's disability is treated in the second act of the musical.

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

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

After playing wheelchair-bound Nessarose in 'Wicked', Marissa Bode called out ableist jokes about the character that made her ...

Listen to the people or to the person that it is affecting and how it makes them feel," said Bode, the first wheelchair user ...

In a video posted to her TikTok page on Saturday, Bode said that while she is usually a “deeply unserious person” and loves ...

The actress noted that comments about disliking Nessarose are one thing, but people joking they want to push her out of her ...