Super Mario Bros: John Leguizamo refuses to see the animated film

Super Mario Bros. : the return of the plumbers to the cinema

Thirty years after the live adaptation directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, the world’s two most famous plumbers return to the dark rooms, this time in an animated film created by Nintendo and the Illumination studio. In Super Mario Bros. the filmMario and Luigi find themselves thrown into a magical world while trying to fix an underground pipe.

Separated from his brother, a prisoner of the terrible Bowser, the mustache with the red cap embarks on a journey in search of him. An epic adventure full of trials in which he can count on the support of the adorable mushroom Toad and Princess Peach.

Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan Michael-Key and Seth Rogen form the voice cast of the feature film by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic. A wrong casting according to John Leguizamo, who has no intention of seeing the film.

John Leguizamo laments the lack of diversity in the cast

In November 2022 the interpreter of Luigi in the live film Super Mario Bros. complained withIndieWire the fact that the production of this new adaptation called two white actors, Chris Pratt and Charlie Day, to voice Mario and Luigi. After recalling that “a lot of people like the original” and that a lot of fans “don’t feel the new,” the comedian said:

Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton fought hard for me to be the lead, for me Mario, because I was a Latino. But the studio didn’t want me to be the lead. They fought hard and it was a huge breakthrough to be able to play Luigi. So going back and not casting another (black actor) sucks…

Asked by tmz extensionJohn Leguizamo once again criticized the lack of diversity in the cast, assuring himhe absolutely does not want to take a look Super Mario Bros. the film :

No, I won’t watch it. They could have included a Latino character. (…) They messed up inclusiveness, they disincluded. Choose only Latin actors! We are 20% of the population. The largest group of people of color and we are underrepresented.

Source: Cine Serie

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