With Anya Taylor-Joy, the princess from Super Mario Bros. don’t wait to be rescued, she’s in the fight

This week the actress Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy will captivate your fans with his voice in the English version of the movie inspired by the video game Super Mario Bros, where it will be Princess peachand that can be seen in Ecuadorian cinemas From Wednesday 5 March.

The star of the series The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix) and the movie The menu joins Chris Pratt (who lends his voice to Mario) in the production directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and who will be the second film adaptation of the famous character, after the one released in 1993.

In preparation for her role, the 26-year-old actress shared: became a whole gamer. “Now I’m a gamer and it’s so much fun”, he confessed in an interview for Collider. “I prefer to play in arcades because it’s like in the movies; i like to go with a lot of friends and we just spend hours there”.

Landing this role, she said, filled her (and her friends) with excitement, so she decided to study her character thoroughly. The best way to do that, of course, was to master the video game. “We buy all over the world Mario Kart”.

Although very little of the plot has been revealed in general terms the tape preserves the dynamics of the video game: “With the help of Princess Peach, Mario prepares to face the almighty Bowser (voiced by Jack Black) to stop his plans to take over the world.” The voice of Luigi, the protagonist’s brother, is in charge of Charlie Day.

However, in this adaptation The princess isn’t just waiting in her long dress to be rescued with a helpless attitude. the character of Anya fights alongside Mario (and sometimes with more skill and strategy) to stop the monstrous super-villain’s plan, including costume changes and driving different vehicles.

“She excels at calling different groups of people together and coming up with a plan, while Mario puts his heart into it.”, the actress responded in a conversation with her character iHollywoodTV. “I was very happy when I saw the final version of the tape, I went to watch it with a group of people of different ages and I was thrilled to see how happy everyone was at the end and everyone had a great time during the screening and I could tell They were surprised to identify every element of the video game”.

For the actress who also has the Argentinian nationality and speaks Spanish perfection (with the gaucho accent) another big challenge for the production of 92 minutes is the opinion and demand of the fans Of the characters. To meet your expectations, the directors did not hesitate to build and shoot several Mario worlds on the tape.

Pratt commented that he cried when he saw the film: “It’s funny and at the same time appeals to nostalgia (…). It is one of the best selling video games in the world and I was part of those millions of people who played it when I was 9 years old.between 1988 and 1989. We bought a Nintendo and It’s an incredible childhood moment that many of us can share across generations., because there have been different versions of the game,” he said. “It’s beautiful, it’s beautifully animated, and it’s a masterpiece. I’m so excited for everyone to see”.

Another notable aspect of the movie is the music, in charge of American composer Bryan Tyler (which doesn’t omit the iconic sounds of the video game). “There are hundreds of nods in my music that reference the game, but it’s an original score. It has its own theme and everything.”.