Mario and Luigi in their first film role?

[tom]

Saw a John Candy movie today, from 1976, Find the Lady, featuring none other than the two Nintendo boys, Mario and Luigi:

(courtesy of IMDb)
Lawrence Dane ... Broom
John Candy ... Kopek
Ed McNamara ... Kaminsky
Robert McHeady ... Reilly
Harry Spiegel ... Frankel
Laurie Seto ... Flanagan
Michael Kirby ... Docstetter
Dick Emery ... Leo
Mickey Rooney ... Trigger
Peter Cook ... Lewenhak
Rummy Bishop ... Charlie the Wheel
Alexandra Bastedo ... Victoria
Tim Henry ... Rick
Richard Monette ... Bruce La Rousse
Elizabeth Murphy ... Ruby
Hugh Webster ... Eddie
Candy Kane ... Sandy
Anne Marie Sten ... Legs
Delroy Lindo ... Sam
Bob Vinci ... Frescobaldi
Aino Pirskanen ... Accompanist
John Bethune ... Henry
Gino Marrocco ... Mario
Lou Pitoscia ... Luigi
Dedena Morello ... Mama
Kurt Schiegl ... Monster
Guy Big ... Miniature man
Gloria Sauve ... Matty

Maybe the landlord story is not quite true and the Mario Bros names were taken from this movie?

[Ro-J]

Candy Kane ... Sandy

Hmmmmm......maybe not her real name.

[Lady Jaye]

I doubt it, if only because Luigi did not become Luigi until the original Mario Bros game (1983), green-clad to distinguish him from Mario in co-op competition play. The player-two character in DK is Mario and at the beginning of DK Jr, it is two identical Marios who carry DK's cage.

[The_Chosen_One]

Hmmmmm......maybe not her real name.

Candy Kane ... Sandy
Guy Big ... Miniature man

What kind of movie was this again? ;)

[tom]

I doubt it, if only because Luigi did not become Luigi until the original Mario Bros game (1983), green-clad to distinguish him from Mario in co-op competition play. The player-two character in DK is Mario and at the beginning of DK Jr, it is two identical Marios who carry DK's cage.

So maybe he saw the movie whilst doing Mario Bros (or before), as in Donkey Kong he was just 'jumpman', and DK jr as Mario, so he thought for Mario Bros...hey I remember that movie from way back, I name the other person in Mario Bros 'Luigi'.

Yeah, to far fetched, I know :-)