The Super Mario animated movie cast was unveiled last September and since then, we've not heard much from anyone but Chris Pratt (the voice of Mario).
Now, though, in an appearance on the American talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live, Charlie Day - the voice of Luigi - has spoken a little about his own role. When prompted by Kimmel, Charlie mentioned how he goes into a booth records lines by himself and doesn't really know much about the script at all - it's that secret.
"I'm playing Luigi, in fact, I just was recording that this morning and I'd love to tell you all about it but they are top secret with that stuff...I know nothing...Mario's probably in the know, but they don't tell Luigi anything."
He went on to joke about how two guys with hammers would break his neck if he did try to tell anyone anything about the upcoming movie animation by Illumination. Here's the full exchange:
Apart from Charlie Day talking about how secretive the movie is, the movie's producer has also previously mentioned how phenomenal Chris Pratt's voice is as the voice of Mario. Pratt himself has said it's a dream come true and has been "working hard at it".
Pratt and Day will be joined by an all-star cast featuring Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad and Seth Rogan as Donkey Kong.
The Super Mario animated movie will arrive in cinemas this December.
[source youtu.be, via nintendoenthusiast.com]
Comments (46)
It's all about me.. MARIO, there you go, secrets out!
Does that mean one of the yet unannounced roles is voiced by Tom Holland?😄 Besides, he and Pratt have proven a good combo in the recording studio already.
The plot twist is that Peach is a maniacal, power-hungry, cold-hearted dictator and that Bowser is trying to stop her, but is constantly stopped by Mario who is unaware of Peach's true intention. Luigi just cries in a corner for the entire film.
Jump man. Jump man. AaaAAAAaah. Fighter of the Star man.
Lol even in the videogames, Luigi knows nothing, so he is perfectly in his acting role as the not knowing left out brother.
Mario knows it all, is all powerfull, saves the princess, isnt afraid lol, mama miaa.
"Mario's probably in the know, but they don't tell Luigi anything."
That was very Luigi.
The fact that he refers to the situation in character atleast shows me the actors are very much into their roles
Charlie Day might be the best possible choice to voice Luigi. His default voice is how I would imagine Luigi's voice to be IRL.
Well, guess it’s pretty difficult to know the plot if your only lines are ‘m… mm…. Mu..m…MaaarioooOoooO..’ and ‘Waaaaaaaahhhhahahahaaaaa….’
Could the secret story be about mario saving peach from bowser ? 🤔
I don't expect it to be a good movie, but I'm still going to watch it. My kids will get a kick out of it and that's enough for me.
It's not good when the voice actors aren't allowed to know the story.
Don’t know why but only half read the headline and saw the pic and got stupidly excited about a Super Luigi movie.
… ok I can fathom a guess why this happened. 🍺
Bet it had something to do with Bowser and the Princess and a Space Raccoon.
@The-Chosen-one method acting huh 🤔
If I remember right, for the original Monsters Inc, they had Billy Crystal and John Goodman recording together and bouncing off each other, which had a great, very natural-sounding result. I wish they did that more often.
Side note: I could listen to Charlie forever.
@Erigen You've just described the only plot that would actually make me want to see this movie.
Danny Wells will always be the Luigi voice in my head. Leapin lasagna!
@Erigen
Hahaha this comment about luigi, man i felt that one 😂
Casting is pretty good except Chris Pratt, he still doesn't feel like Mario and has to convince me
Gosh, after decades of Bowser kidnapping Princess Peach and Mario leading the charge to save her, this plot could be ANYTHING!
It sounds like they're treating the production of this like they do for video games, where they often don't have the same voice actors working together.
They can get away with this because the voice clips become an asset that can be controlled dynamically during gameplay, but for a film production that probably will detract from the voice performances.
It's Illumination so it's probably a bunch of Toads being loud and irritating for 90 minutes and then they dance to whatever the biggest meme song of two years ago was.
@nhSnork
Sure, if you want Tom Holland spoiling the movie.
It’s a shame about you know who ruining the entire movie because Charlie Day really is perfect for Luigi.
@AJ1 they could very well be drawing beyond the main series, like the comics, RPGs, and even a little bit of Mario's backstory (which go beyond just ''saving the princess'')
but apparently this movie will have an even bigger focus on the origin of Mario
I love when he does that higher pitch freak out voice like in always sunny lol
I kinda feel bad for Chris Pratt. He’s so excited to voice Mario and is a fan of Mario and it’s clear this is a dream come true for him but everyone’s just being so pessimistic and wanting the creators to fire him and give his role to someone else. Imagin that your a big fan of something and you get to voice the main character of that something and everyone just wants to take your dream away because they don’t like you or feel that they should of hire someone else. Also I read that Chris Pratt is a really nice guy so it’s even more upsetting that people hate him.
@Xiovanni and he wins anyways
I still expecting the movie to be a good time. With illumination it'll probably be junkfood entertainment at the very least. The same way nsmb games are good but nothing groundbreaking
"the movie's producer has also previously mentioned how phenomenal Chris Pratt's voice is as the voice of Mario."
Phew! Normally producers come out and are very honest when their stunt casted actors sound like crap.
Looking forward to the day we move forward as a collective society and stop worshipping these half-baked celebrities.
This is pretty standard for Nintendo, but it's still disappointing that they're so secretive that they would won't even tell the actors what's going on in the movie. Is stopping spoilers more important than the voice actors having context for their lines?
Surprised not many are crying about Chris Pratt in the comments this time.
Hoping the movie is worth it.
Less I know about stuff the better. Experiences are best going into them blind...instead of wondering if you agree with someone with a loud voice.
I have no plans to watch the film so i could care less
I am in no hurry to see this movie after they didn't try to get the old cast back (Met the VA for Peach and Bowser at the last con ). So eh not expecting much
How can you voice record when you don’t know the script?
Eh movie is going to be a classic illumination film. Kids will find it funny and adults will be bored out of their mind.
I usually watch the Japanese version with subtitles like all my anime.
I'll reserve judgment until I hear Pratt's Mario as I can't get his normal voice out of my head and surely it won't just be that.
Jack black, bowser, need I say more?
@shinesprites Same!
I see Nintendo was quite impressed with his Green Man that they wanted him for their green man
Cool, now everybody dancing the macarena at the end of the movie is going to be a surprise!
I am gonna try to keep my hype low for this movie and my expectations even lower... this voice actors just aren't selling it to me, i am not convinced that they can sound well in those characters. I'll just have to wait and see how it goes once the movie comes out.
@syrupdash Your the master of Karting, And partying for everyone!
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