John Leguizamo: «For them to go backwards and not cast another [actor of colour] kind of sucks.»
Several critical voices have been heard questioning the choice of Chris Pratt as the voice actor for Mario in the upcoming film. John Leguizamo, who played Luigi in the previous Super Mario film from the early 90s, has now also chimed in, expressing concern that this new film does not have a more inclusive cast of actors and that Hollywood as a whole is going backwards rather than forwards. But his sharpest criticism was directed at Pratt in particular and the studio’s choice of «a white man» for the lead role.
