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A record-breaking box office weekend for The Super Mario Bros Movie ($375.6M globally) has the animated movie's villain, Jack Black, already plotting options for a sequel. The comedian and musician, who voiced Bowser in the recently released movie, wants to the baton of Mario's nemesis to none other than Pedro Pascal.
Pascal is all the rage right now, starring in HBO's hit The Last of Us and Disney's The Mandalorian. His name and likeness were also meme fodder recently as an ideal candidate for a live-action Mario movie. Something which was already brought to life in 1993's Super Mario Bros (in which Mario was portrayed by the late Bob Hoskins).
Why Jack Black wants Pedro Pascal to voice 'Wario'
In an interview with GameSpot, Jack Black said: "Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Wario. Pedro Pascal is Wario".
Wario is a key character in Nintendo's Mario series, designed as an arch-rival to Mario. He first appeared in the 1992 Game Boy game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as the main antagonist and final boss. The arch-villain shares many of Mario's physical traits, including a large moustache.
Jack Black is open to returning as the voice of 'Bowser'
Asked whether he's not interested in coming back as Bowser, Jack Black explained it's simply not a given: "You know, I did a few Kung Fu Panda movies, and it was a different villain every movie. They may do the same thing."
Black was also open to coming back as Bowser in the potential sequel with a storyline in which he could potentially aid Mario (voiced by Chris Pratt) to take on Pascal's Wario: "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."