Interview With "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" Star & Vocal Performer Jack Black

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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"The Super Mario Bros. Movie" was one of the most successful films of 2023, making over $1 billion at the box office and giving us the song "Peaches," which became a chart-placing song and another musical hit for actor Jack Black, who has always balanced his acting with his musical pursuits in his band Tenacious D. The Golden Globe-nominated actor was kind enough to come on the podcast and talk about the song, his role as Bowser, whether he'll perform at the Oscars if nominated, what awards mean to him and more! Please check out the interview below in video or audio-only formats, and be sure to watch the film, which is up for your consideration in all eligible categories at this year's Academy Awards, including Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for "Peaches." Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Daniel Howitt's interview,
0:04.3	with one of the stars from the Super Mario Brothers movie and vocal performer for the song Peaches,
0:10.8	Jack Black. Jack, man, it is so great to chat with you. I'm so excited. You're such a legend,
0:18.0	and to get to talk about Peaches and the Super Mario movie.
0:22.6	Man, I am just so excited. So thank you for taking time.
0:26.6	Oh man, great intro. My pleasure.
0:29.6	Legend, huh? I'm a legend.
0:31.6	Legend.
0:32.6	Legend. How did I achieve such status?
0:35.6	You tell me, man. You tell me.
0:39.3	Just doing what comes natural.
0:42.1	I believe it.
0:43.5	Well, let's dive right into the song.
0:45.7	First and foremost, Peaches.
0:47.1	It's why we're here.
0:48.4	Was a musical moment in the script for Super Mario Brothers movie when you signed on?
0:53.4	Or how did this song come to be?
0:56.4	Nope. It was not in the script. There was not even an inkling, not in any talk of a of a song or a
1:04.6	musical moment. In fact, we were about three quarters of the way through, I'd say, when we were
1:10.5	first informed that
1:13.6	they wanted to have Bowser sing a song. We'd been working on it for months and months and
1:19.6	having a ball just, you know, creating this monster character and wreaking havoc throughout,
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