"It's such a pivotal point in the movie when they form a friendship," Bode told EW. "To Nessa, maybe a little bit more than a friendship. But what's established in that moment car

In more than two decades since the stage show launched, disabled 'Wicked' character Nessarose has never been played by a real-life wheelchair user. Enter newcomer Marissa Bode.

Marissa Bode talks to Teen Vogue about being the first actress in a wheelchair to play the role of Nessarose in Wicked.

Marissa Bode, who is making her screen debut in Wicked, took a little spill while making the movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. "I did fall backward one of the times," Bode says with a sheepish grin while discussing filming her dance sequence with Ethan Slater's Boq in the "Dancing Through Life" number.

Marissa Bode who made her screen debut in the movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical recalled filming the musical number Dancing Through Life with Ethan Slater’s Boq and her “epic” fall from her wheelchair.