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 ...

"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.

Marissa Bode, the first wheelchair user to portray Nessarose in 'Wicked,' has called the reaction online to her character ...

It's widely known now that the cinematic adaptation tells the tale of how the Wicked Witch of the West from the 1939 original ...

Again, should the director follow the structure of the original musical, we can expect Wicked Part Two to open with Glinda, ...

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

With recent years bringing a cry of change in the screen industry, films and TV programmes have been pushed toward inclusion of groups who ...

Wicked marks Bode’s film debut. In the movie, she plays Nessarose, the sister of Erivo’s Elphaba and the future Wicked Witch of the East. Like her character, Bode has used a wheelchair since she was ...

Jonathan Bailey, who is famous for his role in Bridgerton, has recently gotten candid about a major transformation he had to ...

In Elphaba’s case [Spoiler Alert], wickedness was a label forced upon her. Her actions, though branded as “evil,” were often ...