‘Wicked’ star Marissa Bode condemns “gross and harmful comments” made about her character’s disability
Wicked star Marissa Bode has said that the reaction to her disabled character online has been “gross and harmful”.Bode, who uses a wheelchair in real life and in the film, took to TikTok on Friday (November 29) to address hate directed at her character Nessarose.
She said that while it was “absolutely OK to not like a fictional character,” the comments had been deeply hurtful.“I am going to be admitting my bias in the way that I have a lot of different feelings on Nessa than a lot of you do, and that’s totally fine.
I think Nessa is complex, but that’s the beauty of art,” she said.“‘Wicked’ and these characters and the movie wouldn’t be what it was if there weren’t different opinions on the characters and who’s truly wicked or not.
And not liking Nessa herself is OK. Because she is fictional, that’s totally fine.”Representation is important but that’s not the only thing that will save the disabled community.
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