[3] She started acting at school and starred in local productions, with her first role being that of an orphan in The Prince and the Pauper.

[5] Bode has performed onstage since the age of eight in local productions such as Little Shop of Horrors, Peter Pan, and Mary Poppins.

[8] She also praised the accessibility of the Wicked set, finding it to have been designed with a wheelchair user in mind.

[9] Director Jon M. Chu stated that making the set accessible was "one of the most enlightening and beautiful processes I've ever gone through.

As part of the marketing campaign for the film, Mattel, one of the collaborating brands, released seven dolls of the main characters including Elphaba, Glinda and Nessarose with removable outfits and accessories and built in the likenesses of the actors.