Marissa
Bode
hopes
her
role
in
Wicked
will
defy
more
than
gravity
going
forward.
The
24-year-old—who
plays
Nessarose,
the
younger
sister
to
Cynthia
Erivo’s
Elphaba,
in
the
film
adaptation
of
the
Broadway
show—is
honored
to
make
history
as
the
first
wheelchair
user
to
play
the
Shiz
University
student.
But
she’s
determined
to
not
be
the
last.
“I
think
it
should
set
a
precedent
to
casting
in
the
future
for
not
just
me
but
my
fellow
disabled
talent
out
there,”
Marissa
told
Zuri
Hall
and
Justin
Sylvester
at
the
Nov.
9
Los
Angeles
premiere
of
the
film.
“Even
just
on
the
carpet
today,
seeing
other
disabled
people
and
their
love
for
Wicked
and
then
just
saying
how
much
it
means
to
them
too,
that
means
the
world
to
me.”
She
also
knows
that
her
representation
in
Wicked—in
which
she
stars
alongside
Ariana
Grande,
Michelle
Yeoh,
Ethan
Slater
and
more—will
help
others
feel
seen.
Celebrity Fails
