Published Apr 26, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT Watch the voices of Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi be disturbed by old Nintendo trivia Super Mario Galaxy Movie cast shocked to learn ? blocks originally made of people Sign in to your Polygon.com account There's a piece of Super Mario lore that the cast of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie wishes wasn't true. During a recent interview with cast members Donald Glover, Charlie Day, and Chris Pratt, they learned, against their will, about the dark origins of the original Super Mario Bros. and the dark magic of the Koopa tribe. That's right: The voices behind Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi are now cursed with the knowledge that in the original Super Mario Bros. for the NES, the power-up blocks (and other inanimate objects) were made of people. As detailed in Nintendo' s original 1985 manual for Super Mario Bros.…