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Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor. Rudd studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991. He was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2019 and was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2021. The accolades he has received include a Critics' Choice Television Award, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Rudd appeared in the films Clueless (1995), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), I Love You, Man (2009), and This Is 40 (2012). He has played the superhero Scott Lang / Ant-Man in five Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films, from Ant-Man (2015) to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). He played Gary Grooberson in the Ghostbusters films Afterlife (2021) and Frozen Empire (2024). Rudd has also appeared in numerous television shows, including the sitcom Friends (2002–2004) as Mike Hannigan, and has featured as a guest host of Saturday Night Live multiple times. He had a dual role in the comedy series Living with Yourself (2019), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. He starred in the miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021). He featured in the Hulu comedy series Only Murders in the Building (2023–2024), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Rudd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The movie opens with Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy and the Toads in the castle eating a cake. Everything is going perfectly until they are attacked by Kamek, who is turning the inhabitants of the mushroom kingdom into Goombas, Mario and Luigi, as heroes of the story, decide to fight against Kamek. By defeating him they manage to de-transform Toadette (who will have more importance in the sequel). Kamek, apparently dying, reveals to them that a Major danger is approaching, that Princess Peach was in danger. At that moment two parakoopas grab Peach and lead her to Bowser's castle (Mario and Luigi know that because they have faced him before). Our heroes undertake the adventure. On the way to Bowser's castle, some Koopalings (separately), Piranha plants, Goombas and Koopas would appear. When fighting against them, the heroes receive mysterious supports, (fire plants, Tanuki leaves, etc.). When they are at the entrance to Bowser's castle, the identity of those who had been mysteriously helping them is revealed, they were Rosalina and Luma. Rosalina gives each one a gift, Mario a white egg with green polka dots and Luigi a proton backpack (in addition to continuing to help them with the previous reinforcements). Upon entering they fight the rest of the Koopalings and finally, they fight Bowser in an epic battle. After that they rescue Peach and go back to eating cake with the Toads.
