Chris Pratt Reveals His First Voice For Mario Was Rejected By 'Super Mario Bros.' Movie Directors
Chris Pratt is opening up about the origins of his voice for Mario in the new The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
The 43-year-old actor, who has been the subject of criticism ever since he was cast in the role, revealed that his voice for the video game character evolved, and his first try was even tossed out by directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic.
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Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Chris shared that his first attempt at Mario was denied as it sounded a bit too much like Tony Soprano.
“For a minute, I walked in and they were like, ‘That’s a little New Jersey. You’re doing a Tony Soprano thing,’” he recalled. “[The voice] was a really exciting and daunting challenge. Talking to these guys, they say, ‘You wanna do the Mario movie?’ I think both [Charlie Day and I] said yes. Didn’t even ask, ‘What’s the deal? What’s the story?’ ‘Yes, I’m in.’ And then we had to really dig in and figure out…are they Italian? Are they American?”
Chris went on, saying that the knew “a little bit about Charles Martinet’s voice that he’s sprinkled in there with the ‘Wahoo!’ and ‘It’s-a me!’ and these Mario things, but how do you craft a 90-minute narrative with an emotional through-line and create a living, breathing person about who you’ll care?”
Charlie, who voices Luigi added that they both “tried different things, different voices. Every now and then they would say, ‘Charlie, maybe a little less Goodfellas in this one’ — I’m like, ‘Alright! I think you’re wrong, but fine!’ — until they landed on something they liked.”
Aaron previously spoke about Mario not having an Italian accent in the movie.
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