GLEN POWELL CALLED NINTENDO AND PITCHED HIMSELF AS FOX MCCLOUD! 😱 [BK0hkx15QJD]
What’s up Geekly Goods fam! 🦊🔥 We just got the most heartwarming and exciting behind the scenes story about how Glen Powell ended up voicing Fox McCloud in the Super Mario Galaxy movie and oh my goodness this story is so good and so perfectly captures everything we love about passionate casting moments in Hollywood! 🎬✨ Glen Powell personally called Illumination and Nintendo and pitched himself for the voice of Fox McCloud in the Super Mario Galaxy movie! 😱🌟 He did not wait to be asked — he picked up the phone reached out directly and made his case for why he was the right person to bring this iconic Nintendo character to life! That level of initiative and passion is so incredibly admirable and honestly makes his performance as Fox McCloud feel even more special knowing how much he wanted this role! According to a quote from Forbes Glen Powell explained that the team had to understand how deeply he loved the character of Fox McCloud! 💛🦊 And that right there tells you everything you need to know about the energy and the authenticity that Glenn brought to this performance! This was not just a job for him — Fox McCloud is a character he genuinely loves and has loved and his dream was always to one day be a part of a Star Fox movie! Knowing that dream actually came true because he was bold enough to make the call himself is just such a beautiful story! 🚀🌟 And here is what makes this story even more wonderful — Donald Glover did the exact same thing for Yoshi! 🦕💚 Donald Glover also self pitched for the role of Yoshi in the Super Mario Galaxy movie and the fact that two incredibly talented and passionate performers loved these Nintendo characters so deeply that they reached out proactively to make their cases is such a perfect and exciting story about what these characters mean to people who grew up with them! This is exactly the kind of energy and dedication that video game movies need! 🎮💥 When actors genuinely love and care about the characters they are playing it comes through in every single moment of their performance and the Super Mario Galaxy movie benefiting from both Glen Powell’s passionate love of Fox McCloud and Donald Glover’s deep affection for Yoshi is such a wonderful reflection of how much these Nintendo characters mean to so many people across generations! Drop a comment below — what do you think of Glen Powell calling Nintendo to pitch himself as Fox McCloud and does this story make you love his performance even more? 👇🦊 glen powell called nintendo illumination pitched fox mccloud super mario galaxy movie star fox glen powell fox mccloud self pitch super mario galaxy donald glover yoshi dedication 2025 #shorts #youtubeshorts #shortsvideo #glenpowell #foxmccloud #starfox #supermariogalaxy #mariomovie #nintendo #illumination #supermariogalaxymovie #donaldglover #yoshi #castingstory #selfpitch #animatedmovie #nintendomovie #mariogalaxy #movienews #animationnews #nintendofan #mariofan #universalpictures #mariobros #supermario #geekynews #familymovie #nintendo2025 #foxmccloudmovie #nintendocinematicuniverse