The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Jack Black Wants Pedro Pascal to Play Wario
With The Super Mario Bros. Movie having an insane opening weekend, a lot of fans are confident that a sequel is already in the works, but the question is, who could be the villain in that movie? Apparently Jack Black has an idea.
Talking to GameSpot, Black talks about possibly being in the sequel, to which he says, “It’s not a given that Bowser will return. You know, I did a few Kung Fu Panda movies, and it was a different villain every movie. They may do the same thing,” When pitched by the interviewer if Bowser could actually be an ally to Mario in the sequel, Black replied:
“You know, what if there is a more powerful, more evil villain? Then I may need to be turned to help Mario and the rest to defend our universe against some other unseen force of evil. Are you thinking what I’m thinking… Wario. Pedro Pascal is Wario.”
I don’t know if Black’s casting of Pascal as Wario is serious, but it’s possible he could be referencing the Saturday Night Live skit where Pascal plays a gritty version of the infamous cartoon plumber.
Though fans do love Pascal, there are those who think that they need a more cartoonish voice to be behind someone like Wario. I do love the fan pitch of having Danny DeVito voice Wario, but I’m open to having someone else take on the role. What about a Chris-Off where Wario and Luigi are voiced by Pratt’s fellow MCU stars Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth?
I mean, it’s just a pitch.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is now in theaters. Catch Pascal in The Last of Us now streaming on HBO.
