An actor who leaked his obscure role in Nintendo’s then-top-secret Super Mario Bros. Movie has said he’s yet to hear whether he’s coming back for the sequel.
Actor and comedian Sebastian Maniscalco played Mario’s foreman boss Spike in the Super Mario Bros. Movie – a fact he let slip more than a year before the film was released, before Nintendo had shown anything of the project publicly.
The random announcement by Maniscalco – and the deep cut nature of the character’s inclusion (Spike appeared in NES game Wrecking Crew back in 1985, and little else since) made headlines. Perhaps Nintendo is keen to keep things more tight-lipped this time around?
Indeed, Maniscalco says he doesn’t rate his chances for a return in the Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel – though not because of his previous statements. Instead, he says, it’s because there’s yet to be a stuffed toy of him.