While Marissa Bode is excited by the warm reception her movie Wicked has received, she has also felt “uncomfortable” by certain jokes aimed at her character, Nessarose. “It is absolutely OK to not like a fictional character.

As Wicked continues to fuel an online storm of memes, one cast member is drawing a line in regards to ableist comments. Marissa Bode, who stars in the Jon M. Chu-helmed adaptation of the Broadway musical as wheelchair-bound Nessarose Thropp,

Marissa Bode, who plays Nessarose in Wicked, has spoken out against trolling of her character's disability following the release of Wicked Part I.