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

"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 wheelchair in real life and on screen,

Wicked star Marissa Bode has criticised those who have joked about the disability of her character, Nessarose.

Wicked’ star Marissa Bode opened up about receiving many ‘aggressive comments’ about her character’s disability

Marissa Bode reportedly lost her legs when she was only 11 during an accident, making her unable to walk again

The actress, who uses a wheelchair just like her character Nessarose, told in a Tiktok video that she is 'deeply uncomfortable' about jokes made about her character

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 the “deeply uncomfortable” comments she’s been getting about her character’s disability.