“Wicked” actor Marissa Bode is calling out disability jokes made by people online aimed at her character Nessarose in the film. Over the weekend, Bode, 24, shared a five-minute TikTok video speaking ...

Wicked star Marissa Bode has addressed the online response to her character Nessarose. In a five-and-a-half-minute TikTok posted on Friday, the actress distinguished “goofy, harmless” house jokes from ...

"It is simply a low-hanging fruit that too many of you are comfortable taking." Marissa Bode is trying to change attitudes toward her Wicked character's disability for good. The actress, who uses a ...

"At the end of the day, me, Marissa, is the person that is still disabled and in a wheelchair," says Bode. "So, it is simply a low-hanging fruit that too many of you are comfortable taking." As ...

In a video posted to TikTok on Friday, Bode shot down “gross” and “dangerous” jokes about her "Wicked" character. “This goes so far beyond me, Marissa, just needing to ignore comments on the internet.

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Marissa Bode is addressing the derogatory comments made about her “Wicked” character. Bode, who portrays the character Nessarose, the younger sister of Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba, posted a five-minute ...

While Marissa Bode is excited by the warm reception her movie Wicked has received, she has also felt “uncomfortable” by certain jokes aimed at her character, Nessarose. “It is absolutely OK to not ...

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