You remember when we were all speculating about roles and cameos in Illumination Movie Super Mario Bros? Well, one of the movie’s biggest mysteries has now been solved, as we now know who the voice of the lady in Super Mario Bros. is. Plumbing ads. And it’s not what many suspected it would be.
Back in February, a teaser for the film — which was an advertisement for the Mario Brothers’ new plumbing company — dropped during the Super Bowl, featuring a new version of the theme for Super Mario Bros. Great show. But that wasn’t what caught everyone’s ears, as many thought the woman in the ad was voiced by none other than Jeannie Alias, the voice of Princess Toadstool (aka Princess Peach) in the 1989 cartoon.
But now we know it’s not, as it is real the voice behind the mysterious woman revealed the truth herself. The voice belongs to no one else but Jessica DiCiccoa prominent voice actor whose best-known roles include Lucy and Lynn Loud Loud house and Flame Princess in Adventure time. Fellow voice actor and Muppet Babies teammate Matt Danner recognized the voice, tagging DiCicco in the process. And the voice confirmed it himself, sharing a clip from an interview with KCAL News:
However, DiCicco doesn’t just play a lady in the ad. She has a huge number of roles in the film, including Mario and Luigi’s mom, one of their cousins, and the yellow Frog (the one who says “We’re adorable!”).
It would be great to hear that Alias has a cameo in the movie, but at least we’re glad the mystery is solved. A lot of people were convinced it was Alias, and looking at our poll from February, 28% of you dear readers were convinced it was her, while a further 40% were at least sympathetic to the idea. However, congratulations to the 5% who said no!
