"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

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

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.

In her film debut, Bode is making history as the first actor who uses a wheelchair to portray Nessarose throughout the show's more than 21-year run.

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.