Matt Berry's Minecraft Cameo Pays Off Steve Recast

'A Minecraft Movie' had originally cast Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows) as Steve

Apparently Jack Black wasn’t the first choice to play Steve in A Minecraft Movie – that honour fell to What We Do in the Shadows star Matt Berry. Berry was all set to play Steve, but had to bow out of the role after post-Hollywood strike scheduling conflicts – namely, recording the last season of What We Do in the Shadows (source: Puck), which ran from winter 2023 through to spring. A Minecraft Movie started shooting in January 2024. A Minecraft…

Matt Berry's Minecraft Cameo Pays Off Steve Recast

Matt Berry has a short cameo in A Minecraft Movie, which calls back to his original casting as Steve early on during the film's development.

I love Jack Black, but A Minecraft Movie with Matt Berry would have been next-level

Jack Black might have played Steve in A Minecraft Movie, but a new report suggests it was originally planned to be Matt Berry.