Chris Pratt Reveals His First Mario Voice Was Kiboshed For Sounding Like Tony Soprano
etcanada.comWith “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” breaking box-office records in its opening weekend, star Chris Pratt — who voices Mario — reveals the vocal characterization he uses in the movie wasn’t his first choice.
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, he recalls the film’s directors, Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, kiboshing his first attempt at embodying the video-game plumber because it sounded too much like a certain TV mob boss. “For a minute, I walked in and they were like, ‘That’s a little New Jersey.
You’re doing a Tony Soprano thing,’” Pratt said. READ MORE: ‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Sets Box-Office Record With $368M Opening Weekend “[The voice] was a really exciting and daunting challenge,” Pratt admitted. “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?
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