John Leguizamo Calls 'Unfortunate' Casting of Chris Pratt in 'Super Mario Bros.' 'Backwards'
John Leguizamo;The Super Mario Bros. Movie(2023).Photo: Arturo Holmes/Getty; Nintendo and Universal Studios John Leguizamothinks the casting forThe Super Mario Bros. Movieis a step in the wrong direction. Speaking withIndieWire, Leguizamo, 62, called the casting “unfortunate” after his “breakthrough” representation in the 1993 version. “The directors Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton fought really hard for me to be the lead because I was a Latin man, and [the studio] didn’t want me to be the lead....