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For them to go backwards and not cast another kind of sucks.” They fought really hard, and it was such a breakthrough. “The directors Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton fought really hard for me to be the lead because I was a Latin man, and they didn’t want me to be the lead. Leguizamo recalled his turn as Luigi in the 1993 “Super Mario Bros.” movie. I did Comic-Con in New York and in Baltimore, and everyone’s like, ‘No, no, we love the old one, the original.’ They’re not feeling the new one,” Leguizamo told IndieWire. Leguizamo, who played Luigi in the 1993 live-action film opposite Bob Hoskins’ Mario, exclusively told IndieWire at “The Menu” premiere in New York that casting is “going backwards” with the upcoming animated feature film “Super Mario Bros.” The movie made waves after it was revealed that Chris Pratt would be playing Mario opposite Charlie Day’s Luigi. John Leguizamo is saying mamma mia to the new “Super Mario Bros.” casting.
