Dreams come true," Chris Pratt said on Instagram after his casting as Mario was announced. "I'm really excited to announce that I am going to be the voice of that video game that I dreamed about playing as a kid. Original Mario voice actor Charles Martinet will be featured for unspecified cameos, and while this is a nice nod, many Nintendo fans weren't happy that Martinet wouldn't be voicing Mario.
animated movie includes Chris Pratt as Mario, Charlie Day as Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, and Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike. Bob Hoskins starred as Mario alongside John Leguizamo as Luigi, with a supporting cast including Dennis Hopper as King Koopa, Samantha Mathis as Princess Daisy, and Frank Welker as Yoshi. Written by Parker Bennett, Terry Runte, and Ed Solomon, it was rather loosely based on the original video games, set in a dystopian world much darker than Nintendo's version of the Mushroom Kingdom. movie was directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jenkel. Released in 1993, the live-action Super Mario Bros.
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But too bad they went all white! No Latinx in the leads! Groundbreaking color-blind casting in original! Plus I'm the only one who knows how to make this movie work script wise!"
"So glad #superMariobros is getting a reboot!" Leguizamo says in the tweet.