“I see a lot of myself in her, especially as somebody who’s disabled, going off to college and finally feeling like you have that freedom for the first time,” said Bode, now 24 years old. “I had that same eagerness she has, of wanting to be independent, make new friends, and ...
In the week since its release,Wickedhas becomea genuine phenomenon in the United States. The success of the musical has led to a variety of jokes and memes on the internet, but one of the movie’s stars, Marissa Bode, is encouraging fans to be kind about her character, Nessarose. The ...
Bode quoted some of the jabs she had read online, from insensitive quips like “Stand up for yourself” to more “aggressive” and “very gross” comments suggesting that Nessarose “deserves her disability.” “When these jokes are being made by non-disabled strangers with ...
Related:Wicked's Marissa Bode Slams 'Aggressive Comments' About Nessa's Disability WithWicked: For Goodstill months away from its release, Bode is already envisioning her next career steps. “I want to try a little bit of everything, honestly,” she shared. “But I love silly, ...
Marissa Bode (on the wheelchair) in a still from one of her theatre musicals When Marissa Bode was just 11 years old, she met with a car accident which resulted in her being paralyzed from the waist down. However, her disability never stopped her from pursuing her passion for acting. ...
Star Marissa Bode Slams "Aggressive" Jokes About Her Character's Disability Wicked's Marissa Bode, who uses a wheelchair onscreen and in real life, reacted to ableist jokes made about her character Nessarose: "It very much feels like laughing at rather than laughing with." ...
‘Wicked’ Star Marissa Bode Condemns ‘Aggressive’ and ‘Very Gross’ Comments About Nessarose’s Disability: It Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit That Too Many of You Are Comfortable Taking’ Film 6 months Marissa Bode Teases Nessarose’s Expanded Arc in ‘Wicked’ Films: ‘She’s Not Just the...
uses a wheelchair to play Nessarose, the “tragically beautiful” younger sister of Wicked Witch-in-the-making Elphaba (Erivo) — Bode not only leads one of the movie’s most romantic scenes, but also creates what she hopes will be a watershed moment for disability representation in Hollywood...
Bode told her followers that it “is absolutely ok to not like a fictional character,” but she took issue with the “aggressive comments and jokes about Nessa’s disability itself is deeply uncomfortable because disability is not fictional.” ...
Marissa Bode News Marissa Bode of ‘Wicked’ Fires Back at Jokes Around Nessarose’s Disability In a video posted to TikTok on Friday, Bode shot down “gross” and “dangerous” jokes about her "Wicked" character. By Harrison Richlin December 1, 2024 5:30 pmTop...