Spoilers ahead. If you’re familiar with the Broadway show, you know Nessarose has quite the arc in Act 2. She succeeds her ...

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.

The actress, who plays Nessarose in the blockbuster film based on the Broadway musical, said in a TikTok video she is ...

Wicked” star Marissa Bode has spoken out against the negative comments and jokes about her character Nessarose’s disability, ...

Marissa Bode, 24, is the first actor who uses a wheelchair to portray Nessarose, a character who uses a wheelchair, in ...

Part Two’ moment for Marissa Bode’s character Nessarose will focus on “the magic of the story,” she tells PEOPLE ...

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

Marissa then revealed that she is "deeply unserious" and enjoys "silly, goofy, harmless” jokes about Nessarose. However, she ...

From the beginning, Wicked adds a number of noticeable developments to Nessa, including showing audiences a younger version ...

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 ...

Bridgerton heartthrob Jonathan Bailey plays Elphaba's love interest in the latest addition to the Oz franchise ...