- Anya Taylor-Joy revealed in a recent interview that she first learned English by watching "School of Rock."
- Taylor-Joy and "School of Rock" star Jack Black both appear in the new "Super Mario Bros." movie.
Anya Taylor-Joy revealed in a recent interview that watching "School of Rock" religiously as a child helped her learn English.
Even though she was born in Florida, Taylor-Joy spent her early years in Argentina, moving to the United Kingdom when she was just 6.
"At the school I went to when I first moved to London they would play 'School of Rock' every Friday," Taylor-Joy told Buzzfeed UK's Sam Cleal. "At that time, I didn't really speak much English, if any, so that and 'Harry Potter' and 'Jumanji' are like how I learned English!"
Things recently came full circle for the "Queen's Gambit" star while she was doing press for the new "Super Mario Bros." movie, in which she voices the character of Princess Peach and Jack Black (who famously starred in "School of Rock") voices Bowser.
"I didn't realize I was going to be doing the press day for this movie with Jack Black, so when I read that, the sound that came out of me was just this high pitch shriek that I was not expecting!" Taylor-Joy told Buzzfeed.
"We haven't met each other because we all recorded our parts individually, so I was super starstruck when I saw the schedule for today," she continued. "I very seldom get like that, but I was just running around earlier like, 'Oh my God, Tenacious D, this is amazing.'"
"The Super Mario Bros. Movie" premieres Wednesday in the US, and you can watch the trailer below.