Princess Peach
‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Directors Explain Changes to Princess Peach
Fans of Princess Peach can expect some major changes to her character in the upcoming movie adaptation, The Super Mario Bros. The directors have revealed why the popular character voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy will no longer be the damsel in distress, as well as what other character changes fans can expect.
As revealed by a recent comicbook.com article, film directors have explained their decision to make Princess Peach more powerful and capable than her original game persona. “She’s the monarch who leads this kingdom of hapless, adorable Toads. We were thinking how strong that person would need to be to protect those people,” co-director Aaron Horvath said. “All that informed the idea for Peach’s character in our movie.” In the games, Princess Peach is usually the one who needs rescuing by Mario (who will be voiced in the upcoming film by Jurassic World star Chris Pratt). Rather than Princess Peach being the damsel in distress, the role will now go to Mario’s brother, Luigi (voiced by Charlie Day). “It’s Mario’s goal to save his brother from Bowser’s clutches. He has to go on this epic adventure to do that,” Horvath and fellow director, Michael Jelenic, revealed. “So Luigi, who’s a famously nervous, anxious character, finds himself in the worst possible predicament: having to survive interrogations with Bowser, and make it through that gauntlet.”
The new film adaptation will also see changes to other characters of the original Nintendo games, including a more in-depth back story to Mario and new motivations for the villain. The film will seek to provide more information on Mario’s career as a plumber, presenting viewers with a look into his and Luigi’s origins that the games’ simple biographies and catchphrases could not show. Bowser, who will be voiced by School of Rock’s (2003) Jack Black, will also likely be shown to be more than the evil mastermind fans have come to know him as.
