Chris Pratt’s Mario voice is vaguely Italian in movie’s first trailer

Super Mario Bros. MovieThe release of, featuring Chris Pratt in the role as the goomba-pounding plumber jumps closer with every passing day. And now, out of a Nintendo Direct presentation, we have the movie’s first trailer, which most importantly unveils Pratt’s voice for the character.

Earlier this year, Pratt assured fans that his vocal direction would not offend Italian Americans, but also be “updated and unlike anything you’ve heard in the Mario world before.” Verdict is out on both.

The trailer kicks off with an extended scene featuring Jack Black’s Bowser leading an invasion of the penguin kingdom. Then we get Pratt’s big debut: A scene in which Mario arrives to the Mushroom Kingdom for the first time. Pratt sounds very much like Chris Pratt in his first words. However, after meeting Toad Pratt transforms into a voice which Polygon has decided sounds… sorta Boston-ish. Anyone expecting the original sound — or even Jared Leto doing the House of Gucci thing — may be surprised to final the take. Sure, “HEAH we come!” is something Mario might say.

Pratt takes over as Mario for Charles Martinet (longtime voice actor for video games), who for the past three decades has performed his signature woo hoos. Though he’s rumored to appear (er, be heard) in Super Mario Bros. Movie, his comments suggest he has no hard feelings about Pratt taking over — he just wants to voice the games. At a recent appearance at FanExpo 2021, Martinet said he plans on voicing Mario in all future games, but would also “be the first one to call up my friends inside of Nintendo and say, ‘you know something, I didn’t sound right on that one.’”

Alongside Pratt’s Mario, the movie also stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Jack Black as Bowser, Charlie Day as Luigi, and Keegan-Michael Key as Toad. Matthew Fogel wrote the movie.Gru is on the Rise: MinionsMichael Jelenic (co-direction)Teen Titans Go!) and Aaron Horvath (Teen Titans Go! To the Movies).

Nintendo and Illumination revealed the movie in September 2021. However, Pratt’s casting became a laughing stock almost as quickly. Pratt himself even released a video to let fans know how hard he was working to get the voice right, but it still didn’t stop the mockery. He also launched a campaign to have all animation roles voiced; Super Mario Bros. Movie’s release, Pratt will next be heard as the voice of Garfield the Cat in an a film slated for 2024.

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