N’Gai Croal, the former games writer for Newsweek (and friend of this site) floored Mario’s creator with news that one of the famed video-game character’s live-action, uh, actors had died recently.
https://lastchance.cc/live-action-mario-dead-at-76-5381520%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
As Destructoid notes, for most of the discussion Miyamoto was able to respond to most questions without a translator. For this, however, Nintendo’s Bill Trinen had to step in to translate. Miyamoto processed the question, and this was the reply:
“You’re the one who just told me.”
Former Journo Tells Miyamoto that Mario is Dead [Destructoid via Go Nintendo]