“I’m not going to see Mario!” : Why the 1993 Luigi animated film is being boycotted

Last November, John Leguizamo, who played Luigi in the 1993 live-action adaptation of the Mario game, criticized Charlie Day’s choice to voice Mario’s boisterous brother in the animated version of Illumination, now in theaters.

This is how the actor of Colombian origin remembered on the microphoneIndieWireWhat a step forward it was that the studio cast him as the hero’s brother at the time.

“Directors Annabelle Jankel and Rocky Morton really fought to get me the lead role because I was a Latin guy. The studio didn’t want it. They really fought and it was a real breakthrough. The fact that they’re backing out and not giving another actor of color is bad.”

Today and before Super Mario Bros, the movie hits the darkrooms, John Leguizamo announces a boycott of the animated film dubbed by Chris Pratt. Charlie’s day and Anna Taylor-Joy. The actor really said TMZ That he would not go to see a feature film because of voting.

“No, I’m not going to see him. They could contain a Latin character. We were the pioneers and they eliminated the concept of engaging with this actor. It was enough to choose Latino actors! We represent 20% of the population. The largest group of people of color and we are underrepresented“.

Luigi’s Translator in the live version is rated as one of the worst video game movie adaptations, so it doesn’t take off and stands its ground.

Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, respectively the director and screenwriter of Teen Titans GO! Before The Movies, a film from Illumination studios (Minions, all over the place) follows Mario and Luigi as they attempt to repair an underground pipeline in Brooklyn.

The plumber brothers then find themselves immersed in a magical world through a mysterious pipe. But when the two brothers are separated, Mario embarks on a wild adventure to find Luigi. The feature film is currently in theaters.