{"id":108230,"date":"2022-06-24T10:26:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T04:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/chris-pratt-speaks-out-about-playing-mario-sounds-like-has-has-big-plans-for-the-nintendo-characters-voice\/"},"modified":"2022-06-24T10:26:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T04:56:03","slug":"chris-pratt-speaks-out-about-playing-mario-sounds-like-has-has-big-plans-for-the-nintendo-characters-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/chris-pratt-speaks-out-about-playing-mario-sounds-like-has-has-big-plans-for-the-nintendo-characters-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Pratt Speaks Out About Playing Mario, Sounds Like Has Has Big Plans For The Nintendo Character\u2019s Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Super-Mario-Bros-Producer-Responds-To-Chris-Pratt-Casting-Backlash.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Last September, roughly four years after Illumination Entertainment\u2019s untitled <em>Mario<\/em> movie was announced to the public, the animated feature\u2019s voice cast was revealed, with Chris Pratt leading the charge as the man himself, Mario! We\u2019re a little under a year away from hearing how Pratt will sound as the popular Nintendo character, but the <em>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em> star has commented more about his upcoming vocal role, teasing how it will stand out amongst the voices we\u2019ve heard in Mario-centric projects over the years.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that after Chris Pratt\u2019s Mario casting was announced, many fans expressed confusion over why he was picked for the role, and some even campaigned for Danny DeVito to voice the character instead. While speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/columns\/chris-pratt-super-mario-bros-voice-jurassic-world-dominion-1235301622\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/columns\/chris-pratt-super-mario-bros-voice-jurassic-world-dominion-1235301622\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a>, Pratt talked about how he\u2019s put in a lot of work with the <em>Mario<\/em> filmmakers to figure out this \u201cupdated\u201d Mario voice, saying:<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I worked really closely with the directors and trying out a few things and landed on something that I\u2019m really proud of and can\u2019t wait for people to see and hear. It\u2019s an animated voiceover narrative. It\u2019s not a live-action movie. I\u2019m not gonna be wearing a plumber suit running all over. I\u2019m providing a voice for an animated character, and it is updated and unlike anything you\u2019ve heard in the Mario world before.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"><\/aside>\n<p>Chris Pratt\u2019s comments follow a few days after Chris Meledandri, Illumination\u2019s CEO, said that Pratt has \u201cgiven such a strong performance\u201d as Mario, and that the movie is \u201cthree-quarters done.\u201d Meledandri also said in November that unlike Charles Martinet\u2019s version of Mario we\u2019ve heard in games for decades, this cinematic version on the character will not have an exaggerated Italian accent. Beyond that, we remain in the dark on how Pratt\u2019s Mario will sound, but according to the actor, it\u2019ll be quite the unique take.<\/p>\n<p>Mario will be the fifth animated character on Chris Pratt\u2019s resume, with the actor having previously voice Emmet Brickowski in <em>The LEGO Movie<\/em> and its sequel, Barley Lightfoot in <em>Onward<\/em>, Jake in an episode of <em>The Batman<\/em> and Cooper Daniels in a couple episodes of <em>Ben 10: Ultimate Alien<\/em>. He will be the second actor to play Mario in a feature film, with Bob Hoskins filling the role in the 1993\u2019s live-action <em>Super Mario Bros<\/em>. Pratt is also on deck to voice Garfield in a fully animated movie, succeeding Bill Murray, who voiced the orange tabby in two live-action\/animated hybrid movies.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Pratt will be joined in the <em>Mario<\/em> movie by Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek, Sebastian Maniscalco as Foreman Spike and Charles Martinet in undisclosed cameo roles. Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, both of whom worked on <em>Teen Titans Go! to the Movies<\/em>, directed the feature, and <em>Minions: The Rise of Gru<\/em>\u2019s Matthew Fogel wrote the script.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Mario<\/em> movie is now slated to come out on April 7, 2023. You can see Chris Pratt right now reprising Owen Grady in <em>Jurassic World Dominion<\/em>, and in two weeks, he\u2019ll be back in action as Star-Lord for <em>Thor: Love and Thunder<\/em>. Scan through our 2022 release schedule to learn what other movies are heading to a theater near you soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last September, roughly four years after Illumination Entertainment\u2019s untitled Mario movie was announced to the public, the animated feature\u2019s voice cast was revealed, with Chris Pratt leading the charge as the man himself, Mario! We\u2019re a little under a year away from hearing how Pratt will sound as the popular Nintendo character, but the Guardians [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":58826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1637804999_Super-Mario-Bros-Producer-Responds-To-Chris-Pratt-Casting-Backlash.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}