Anya Taylor-Joy on the Greatest Part About Being Cast in Super Mario Bros. Film

Anya Taylor-Joy Updates: Anya Taylor-Joy has discovered a surprising benefit of her future role. At the Los Angeles premiere of Last Night in Soho on Monday, ET’s Matt Cohen chatted with the 25-year-old actress, and she revealed the best part of getting to voice Princess Peach in the upcoming Super Mario Bros. animated feature.

“Oh, it’s a lot of fun. We’ve already started doing small bits and pieces of it “The star of Queen’s Gambit gushed. “The best part is that I can pretend to be doing academics, work, or research while gaming, which is very cool.”

“I have to,” Joy said of the games she’s been playing in preparation for the part. “Because the fan base is so large, I feel obligated to participate. It’s a lot of fun.”

Chris Pratt will play Mario, Charlie Day will play Luigi, Jack Black will play Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key will play Toad, Seth Rogen will play Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen will play Cranky Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson will play Kamek, Sebastian Maniscalco will play Spike, and Charles Martinet will make a cameo appearance.

In the interim, Joy is promoting Last Night in Soho, the first film to have its world premiere at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

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Joy, who was dressed in an antiqued gold lamé Dior Haute Couture long low-cut dress with herringbone pleating, stated, “It’s really amazing for all of us to be here.” “It’s good that we’re all finishing together, and what a lovely setting.”

In the Edgar Wright-directed psychological thriller set in the 1960s, Joy plays gorgeous soprano Sandie. The actress got into character for the role by performing an outstanding performance of Petula Clark’s “Downtown,” which she first recorded in 1965.

“It was fantastic,” Joy said of singing in the film to ET. “I was a little nervous because Edgar had never heard me sing before he hired me, so there was a part of me that was thinking, ‘Oh gosh, I hope he loves it.'”

“We did the original in the movie, and then he said he wanted to do a couple more versions because he liked it so much, so I just feel very, very fortunate.” very happy,” she added.