Her new role
Anya Taylor-Joy became a ‘gamer’ to lend her voice to Princess Peach in ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’
“I’ll go with a whole bunch of friends. And we’ll just spend hours at the arcade,” she says
Anya Taylor-Joy becomes an animated princess in the upcoming The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The Queen’s Gambit star will lend her voice to the beloved Princess Peach, a role that turned her into a gamer.
“So now I am a gamer, and it’s really fun,” she told Modern Luxury San Diego. “Ideally, I like playing at arcades because, again, it’s like cinema; I love the ceremony. I’ll go with a whole bunch of friends. And we’ll just spend hours at the arcade.”
Taylor-Joy is part of the star-studded cast that includes Chris Pratt as Mario, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek and Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike.
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The film is animated by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic from a screenplay by Matthew Fogel.The Super Mario Bros. Movie is set to be released on April 7, 2023.
