Voice acting might look easy from the outside. Step into a booth, read a few lines, maybe do a couple takes, and you’re done, right? Not exactly. As Anya Taylor-Joy recently revealed, recording for The Super Mario Bros. Movie was a lot more physically demanding than she expected. In fact, it was so intense that the first time she recorded Princess Peach lines for The Super Mario Bros. Movie (which can be streamed now via Peacock subscription) she totally threw up. Yes, really.
During an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Taylor-Joy opened up about her experience voicing Princess Peach for the predecessor to the 2026 calendar release, explaining that going into her first recording session, she didn’t fully grasp just how taxing the work would be. Unlike traditional acting, where physicality is often spread out across scenes with frequent pauses and breaks, voice work — especially in an action-heavy movie — usually requires sustained bursts of energy with very little downtime. In her words:
