The best reactions to the Super Mario Bros movie's bizarre cast choices

Date:
Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:29:25 +0000

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Chris Pratt is playing Mario in next year's animated movie, and some parts of the internet didn't take it that well.

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Chris Pratt will now play Mario, the internet has learned. That's just one of the interesting casting choices made for the Super Mario Bros. movie from Despicable Me studio Illumination that were revealed by creator Shigeru Miyamoto last night.

As social media catastrophes go, this is high on the scale casting has divided players, and some of the choices ask interesting questions about
where exactly the story is going.

Alongside Pratt, who's appeared as a voice actor in films like The Lego Movie and Onward, The Queen's Gambit's Anya-Taylor Joy will play Princess Peach. Always Sunny's Charlie Day plays Luigi, Mario's brother, while Jack Black plays Bowser, Keegan Michael-Key plays Toad and Seth Rogen stars as Donkey Kong. Original Mario voice Charles Martinet will appear in some capacity, but seemingly for the odd cameo or supporting character rather than the red plumber himself.

These are tough parts to cast, when you really think about it. In the games, Mario is a sort of caricatured Italian plumber this is an expensive
Hollywood movie, though, and an American all-star cast was always going to be the approach that a major studio took. The goal is to sell the film to people who are only vaguely familiar with the games, which big movie stars theoretically do.

Still, that doesn't prevent the cast from seeming... wrong somehow. You look at this list and it's not quite right . It's hard to match these actors' voices to the characters if you're familiar with the games they've all got such a distinctive way of speaking that these decisions seem careless, if not a bit cynical, especially when Nintendo is so traditionally protective of its intellectual properties. Best Nintendo Switch deals

That said, there's no way to know how it'll turn out until the movie releases in December 2022. But we can still make fun of the whole thing right now! Check out the best reactions to the Mario cast news below.

We'll start with the divided reaction to Chris Pratt playing Mario: Imagine surviving two recessions and a pandemic only to have to endure Chris Pratt as Mario September 24, 2021 See more chris pratt is playing mario pic.twitter.com/KiWVoVkY5z September 23, 2021 See more

Pratt's history in the Marvel Cinematic Universe offers its own potential for jokes, of course. TELL-A ME YOU DIDNT DO IT pic.twitter.com/HfaMwUwCNb September 23, 2021 See more

The choice to announce Pratt's casting with a black-and-white headshot was another odd element of the whole thing. The black and white image makes it look like this is a memorial for Chris Pratt, with his last words being "Mario". pic.twitter.com/FaT4KTX1p8 September 24, 2021 See more

Charlie Day's casting as Luigi seems fairly well-received, with people asking the very reasonable question of why he wasn't teamed up with Always Sunny co-star Danny DeVito as Mario: so that would make Danny Devito as Mario, right? pic.twitter.com/6iou2Ajq5L September 24, 2021 See more

The classic Always Sunny conspiracy meme also comes up a lot on social media right now. Luigi in the castle backroom explaining how Peach got kidnapped this time in the Mario MovieCharlie Day is a fantastic choice for Luigi lmao pic.twitter.com/xVS2WFpaAC September 24, 2021 See more

At least most of us can agree that Jack Black is a fun call as Bowser. *Mario approaches Bowser's castle*Bowser: pic.twitter.com/dR9J7akFHL September 23, 2021 See more

Not every Mario character was accounted for in the casting, with some wondering if Mario's dark mirror Wario will make the cut in the film.

Some are also petitioning that Adam Driver plays Wario's brother, Waluigi with Photoshopped evidence to help make that case. We'd watch it. https://t.co/1ELY5MWzas pic.twitter.com/nJSC5dQVx2 September 23, 2021 See
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For what it's worth, casting director Kevin T. Porter took to Twitter to affirm that he's "really proud" of the choices made on the film. We wish you the best, Kevin, and hope that the movie turns out great. Hey its me, the casting director of the new Mario movie. Im really proud of the choices we made with the whole team and were beyond excited to tell this story!
September 23, 2021 See more

That was one heck of a night. Fred Armisen, Kevin Michael Richardson and Sebastian Maniscalco will also appear in the film. The Super Mario Bros.
movie arrives on December 21, 2022. Best Nintendo Switch games



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