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Wicked star Marissa Bode condemns 'aggressive' jokes about her character's disability: 'Please be kind'

Marissa Bode, who plays Nessarose in 'Wicked,' has reacted to 'aggressive' jokes about her character's disability: 'It is simply a low-hanging fruit that too many of you are comfortable taking.'

The actress, who uses a wheelchair in real life and on screen, has addressed ableism she has observed in discussions surrounding the new musical film, in which she plays Nessarose, the sister of Cynthia Erivo's protagonist Elphaba. "There's something that's made me a bit uncomfortable, and as somebody who's disabled with a platform, I just wanted to talk about it really quick," she began in a five-minute TikTok she posted on Friday. Bode made her feature-film debut with Wicked and recently told Entertainment Weekly that she was particularly thrilled to perform wire work in a scene in which Elphaba levitates Nessa's chair.

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