Wickeds Marissa Bode calls out “aggressive” jokes about Nessarose’s disability [Video]

2 December 2024, 12:55 | Updated: 2 December 2024, 15:13

Like Wicked’s Nessarose, Marissa Bode is a wheelchair user in real life.

Wicked‘s Marissa Bode has posted a video calling out “agressive” jokes fans are making about Nessarose’s disabilty.

In the Wicked movie, Marissa Bode has made history as the first wheelchair user to play Elphaba‘s sister Nessarose. Despite the fact that Nessarose is written as a wheelchair user in the musical, every actress who has played her in professional productions of Wicked on stage has been able-bodied. Marissa is finally changing that on screen.

Fans of Wicked will already know that Nessarose is a divisive character who takes on a large role in Part 2. However, since Marissa was cast as Nessarose, she has been subject to trolling online. She’s also revealed that she’s seen people make …