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Glen Powell and Donald Glover Called ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Studio Asking to Voice Fox McCloud and Yoshi: They Had ‘Passion About Being Involved With Nintendo’

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Glen Powell and Donald Glover Called ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Studio Asking to Voice Fox McCloud and Yoshi: They Had ‘Passion About Being Involved With Nintendo’
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Glen Powell and Donald Glover Called ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Studio Asking to Voice Fox McCloud and Yoshi: They Had ‘Passion About Being Involved With Nintendo’
Donald Glover and Glen Powell made personal calls to the studio behind 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' and asked to voice Yoshi and Fox McCloud.

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mcfw31 Apr 1, 2026 +28
> “When we were working on the first movie, we began to get phone calls from actors,” Illumination boss Chris Meledandri told Forbes ahead of the sequel’s theatrical release. “They started communicating their enthusiasm. After the first movie was done, there were two phone calls that came from actors expressing incredible conviction and passion about being involved with Nintendo, and one of them was from Glen Powell. He explained that we had to understand how deeply he loved the character of Fox McCloud. His dream was one day to be part of a ‘Star Fox’ movie. I’m listening to this going, ‘He has no idea that Miyamoto-san and I are talking about Star Fox being in this new movie,’ and Glen is expressing this passion for this.”
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Sphiffi Apr 1, 2026 +20
Well now I’m just disappointed they threw him in Mario, I’m with Glen we should’ve gotten a whole Star Fox movie :(
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Feisty-Noise-5568 Apr 1, 2026 +15
The NCU is coming, I'll bet he gets one.
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CaptainPleb Apr 1, 2026 +11
The post credit scene seems to imply he’s getting a movie.
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wookiewin Apr 1, 2026 +1
They are not going to make a Star Fox movie.
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ai_art_is_art Apr 1, 2026 -1
I don't believe this. Glen Powell just happens to be one of the biggest upcoming actors. Somehow he decides he wants to be Fox McCloud and calls to express his interest? This is an engineered narrative.
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Jimmythedad Apr 1, 2026 +8
Imagine being this paranoid about a little news story lol
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ai_art_is_art Apr 1, 2026 +1
"Paranoid"? How much thought process does it take to see corporate artificiality? It's just a white lie from the PR teams, but it's a stupid one. I'm checking Mario news because I'm curious about the reviews and box office legs. This just happened to be on my feed. Took all of one minute out of my day. So much dramamaxxing on the socials these days.
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Jimmythedad Apr 1, 2026 +1
Dramamaxxing is crazy
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SchwiftaySauce Apr 1, 2026 +1
What’s up with adding “maxing” to the end of every word. It’s so obnoxious
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Jimmythedad Apr 1, 2026 +1
They’re obnoxiousmaxxing for sure. Such a dumb thing to
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SCrumb8383 Apr 1, 2026 +23
Donald Glover sampled ‘Aquatic Ambiance’ from Donkey Kong Country (which is referenced in the first movie) years ago.
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theodo Apr 1, 2026 +2
In which song?
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SCrumb8383 Apr 1, 2026 +1
Eat your Vegetables
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BaggyLarjjj Apr 1, 2026 +7
Do a barrel roll. -Peppy
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abippityboop Apr 1, 2026 +15
I too would like to be paid a stupid amount of money for 30 minutes of half hearted voice work in my pajamas.
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GrubHanser Apr 1, 2026 +11
I think Glen Powell just wanted to be in something that isn't likely to bomb.
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Armandonerd Apr 1, 2026 +1
Glen Powell Yippee Yo Yippee Yay!?
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kuya-mark Apr 1, 2026 +1
I too am passionate about being involved and would like to voice a Star fox character! (hope this works)
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