Anya Taylor-Joy Threw Up the First Time She Voiced Princess Peach in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Our first guest tonight is a Golden Globe-winning Emmy-nominated actress. You know from her work in Dune, Part 2, Furiosa, A Mad Max Saga, The Menu, and The Queen's Gambit, she returns as the voice of Princess Peach in the Super Mario Galaxy movie, which is in theaters April 1st. Let's take a look. You're missing your own party. Well, the crazy thing is, today's not my real birthday. It's just the day the Toads found me. They have no idea where I came from. Yeah, since it's not your actual birthday, you don't want a present. Mario! All right, fine, fine. Please welcome back to the show, Anya Taylor-Joy, everybody! How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you? I'm wonderful. It is lovely to have another film in this canon. It is a favorite in our household, the first one. And animation must be a nice thing to do because I feel like you've done a lot of, I don't know, very taxing films. Yeah, blood, gore, like full deserts, a lot of sand. I know. I don't know what it is about somebody with my complexion that makes you think she's perfect for the desert. Yeah, we got to get her out in the sun. I guess it's like the dirt really shows up, you know what I mean? And really pops. They just don't want to spend extra on the budget. They just want to make it go all the way. No, it's wonderful. And I think what I really love about it is because animation takes such a long time, I'm often working on separate projects and then I get to come back and visit each. Oh, that's really nice. And is there something about being in a sound booth? One, it's obviously a lot more, you know, a clean environment. What is something we might not know that it's like fun about doing a voice for like a character in an animated film? It's super fun, but I will say the first time I ever did a session, I did not realize how taxing it would be because you're yelling continuously the whole time. I think the first time I ever did it, I threw up. I'm pretty sure. I drank so much water and I was like, gotta, gotta do it. And at the end of the session, they do something called Efforts. Have you heard of this? No, please explain Efforts. Okay, well. It does it because I will say I'm like, what I wouldn't give for to do a voice in an animated film. And then I hear about the Efforts and I'm like, no, thank you. I mean, Efforts are effortful. So you do it at the end of a session and it's essentially like the action sequence, but you're doing it standing by yourself in a booth. So you're like, and you're just doing that for like half an hour, which makes you feel really cool. Yeah, it is. Because again, like a lot of times, like, look, as a performer, you often have to like take yourself out of how dumb you must look. But like being in a sound booth, being like, like, that's just so hard. I think you have to lightly disassociate. And then, you know, you kind of visit yourself back and you think, God, I hope no one ever sees this because they do film them. So it's nice to have you in New York City. You came here the first time as a teenager. Is that accurate? I did. I came here for the first time when I was 14, I think. And did anything important happen the first time you came here? It did. Do you guys remember Rikki's? Like, here's Rikki's. I remember the logo. So there's Rikki's. OK, so I saw Rikki's as soon as I arrived in New York. And there was something about it that just it called to me. And I thought, OK, I'm in New York. I'm going to be who I've always wanted to be. I need pink hair. And so I ran in, grabbed some pink hair dye, went to a Chipotle and dyed my hair pink in a Chipotle bathroom. Wow. Yeah. I mean, that's the only nice story I've ever heard that takes place in a Chipotle bathroom. It worked out. Now, was it just that you were like, I need to do it right now and couldn't wait till you were in a better location? I think my fantasy of New York was I'm going to come here and everything's going to make sense. And I can't wait to be this next version of myself. And that version of myself had to have dip dyed pink hair. Gotcha. You've obviously changed your look a lot in movies. Are you someone that also in regular life, do you like to make a sort of wild swing for a different look? I used to. I mean, I've had very dark hair. I've had silver hair with no eyebrows. That was a phase. But I had to stop because my hair grows really quickly. And for a while, I was dyeing my hair like a dark brunette. And I went to dinner with a friend of mine. And at the end of this dinner, he leaned forward. And he was like, I just want to make sure that you're OK. Because maybe this is all a bit too much for you. And I was like, no, no, no. I'm having a good time. I'm adjusting. It's fine. He's like, Anya, your hair is falling out. When you're blonde and you have dark hair as it grows out, looks like you're balding. So I put an end to that. It grows so fast it happens over the course of a dinner. It's like, Anya, between the abs and the main course, you have a bald spot. You are the youngest of six. Yes, I am. And I was going to ask how they feel about your films. But also, how did they feel about silver hair and no eyebrows? Were they supportive of your new look? I had silver hair and no eyebrows for my brother's wedding. I'm not sure he was that pleased. Gotcha. But they're very supportive. I'm always impressed at which characters they really gravitate to. Peaky Blinders is huge in Argentina. That's potentially the worst character I've ever played. My family loves it. That's great. Loves it. No, so they like a little villainy. Yeah. Yeah, they like a little bad scenes. That's very... I like that about them. Your dad was a power... So first I read he was a powerboat racer. Yeah. And I didn't quite know what... How would you explain that to people before I show a photo? Okay. So imagine like a giant surfboard, but with huge motors and you have like small walls around it and you're just flying across the water. Yeah, like flying seems like an exaggeration, but this boat's not touching the water. So your dad would do this. Yeah. And you know how... You know it's not safe when they're like, yeah, we'll put a cigarette on the side of it or like... My dad's actually the first South American Marlboro man. Like he really went for it. So you have a real... Like your dad's a guy. He's my favorite person on the planet. I mean, basically you're... Like your dad's the most interesting man in the world. No, for real. Yeah. For real. He's going to love you saying that, by the way. Okay, great. That's... Yeah, those guys tend to like when they hear it. I just won major points, so thank you, Seth. No, wait. Did you ever get to go on a boat like this with him or is it... No, as you said, my dad has six kids. My mother put an end to this. Okay, gotcha. At a certain point. Right. But I've seen videos of him racing and it's so funny because it looks so cinematic and it looks so cool, but all you can hear is my mother going, oh no, Dennis. Don't, Dennis. Wow. I will say, based on everything you said, I was not picturing Dennis. Dennis Allen Taylor, my friend. I mean, I know he's so happy. I might need to rescind my earlier comment. We talked about Queen's Gambit, how you did learn to play chess for that show. Do you still play? You know, this may sound a bit overdramatic, but that character was somebody who I gave so much of myself to that I really had to take like a real break for a while because it just, I was too close to it. But I did just play my first game again this Christmas and it feels good to be back. That's great. Your husband and you have the same birthday. Yeah. That's fascinating to me. Is it good or is it bad? Because I could see it one way or the other. I love it. He turned 32 years ago and I got to plan him like the most fun surprise birthday party. But we, it's nice because we get to celebrate twice and clearly, you know, we're narcissists. So it's like, it works out. Right. So you won't, you won't like do a group party. It sounds like you're like, we're going to have our own separate. Well, the thing is, I did such a good job for his 30th birthday that it's my 30th this year. And I'm like, I'm going, I'm going all out. Well, as is your right. Thank you, my friend. Tell him. Absolutely. I mean, I just hope your whole family's watching and I want all, I want them to all get this feedback. Yeah. Thank you. Thanks for being here. Congrats on the film. I'm so excited for my kids to see it. Always a pleasure. Anya Taylor-Joy, everybody. The Super Mario Galaxy movie opens in theaters April 1st. We'll be right back with Sean Pattinson.