Marissa Bode is speaking out against ableist comments about her "Wicked" character. The actress, who plays ...
“Wicked” actor Marissa Bode is speaking out against the ableist discourse surrounding her character, Nessarose, after the ...
Marissa Bode is addressing the derogatory comments made about her “Wicked” character. Bode, who portrays the character ...
Listen to the people or to the person that it is affecting and how it makes them feel," said Bode, the first wheelchair user ...
"It is simply a low-hanging fruit that too many of you are comfortable taking," the out actor said in a recent TikTok.
Wicked has previously faced criticism over how Nessarose's disability is treated in the second act of the musical.
Spoilers ahead. If you’re familiar with the Broadway show, you know Nessarose has quite the arc in Act 2. She succeeds her ...
“At the end of the day, me, Marissa ... that I definitely bumped into.” Bode is the first-ever physically disabled actor to take on the role of Nessarose, sharing that she was “over the ...