Marissa Bode dropped hints about what to anticipate for youthful sister of Elphaba, Nessarose, the Depraved Witch of the East within the upcoming sequel of Depraved.
The actress, who accepted the honour as this 12 months’s recipient of the ReelAbilities Movie Pageant’s Highlight Award on Thursday evening, mirrored on her journey within the Jon M. Chu-directed movies.
Within the unique storyline of Broadway musical adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s novel, Elphaba used enchantment that permits her sister Nessarose to maneuver with out wheelchair.
Nonetheless, Bode defined that they “made some modifications” to the movie which she teased can be darker than the primary.
“I can’t say what these are simply but, however they did make these modifications in order that the magic inside Depraved continues to be there, however the narrative is much less dangerous to disabled folks,” she instructed The Hollywood Reporter.
Bode credited Winnie Holzman, co-writer of Depraved screenplay and e book author of Depraved musical for bringing the twist within the story.
The actress additionally admitted that she doesn’t communicate for all of the disabled group since her companion, who additionally offers with incapacity and persistent ache needs she wasn’t affected by it.
She added, “Generally, I believe a whole lot of non-disabled folks have already got the preconceived concept that every one disabled folks wish to be fastened.”
Sharing her personal expertise of her incapacity being seen as one thing tragic, pitiful or in want of being “fastened” has made her really feel “extraordinarily uncomfortable” all through her life.
Therefore exhibiting it being eliminated “in one thing as massive as Depraved can have damaging results”, Bode added.
The upcoming sequel of Oscar nominated movie, Depraved: For Good, is slated for launch on November 21, 2025.
