
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is out in less than a week, and with promos and adverts in full swing, there are still a few things we don't actually know about the movie. of course,
One of those is that the voice of Mario, Charles Martinet, is reportedly getting a few cameo roles in the upcoming film. But none of those have been revealed yet. However, Spanish film and entertainment website eCartelera has reportedly got the scoop on who Martinet will be playing in the movie (thanks, Nintenderos).
With the release so close, we know a lot of you want to be surprised by Martinet's role (or roles) in the film. So if you don't want to know who Martinet might be playing, now's your chance to hop out of the story now as there will be spoilers below the jump!
You can check out a couple of other stories on the Mario movie in the meantime — the SteelBook release date may have been leaked, and Illumination's Mario Chris Pratt has "defended" the voice casting for the film.
Okay, deep breath... are you ready? Spoilers abound.
Yes, we're a bit disappointed Martinet isn't Mario too, but we're at least glad he's going to be in the film. And according to eCartelera, Martinet has at least two confirmed cameos in Illumination's movie.
In both the Spanish version of the film, and in the English-language release, Charles Martinet will reportedly be playing Mario's father — which we think is actually quite fitting. We're a bit curious to see what the plumber's father actually looks like, or maybe he'll just make an appearance via phone call or something. We don't know, we're just thinking out loud here.
The second role Martinet will reportedly be voicing is an unknown character called Giuseppe. We don't know how they're associated with Mario or what their role is in the film at the moment.
Of course, none of this will likely be confirmed before the movie launches on 5th April. Illumination is likely keeping this a surprise for long-time fans who will be listening out for the iconic voice.
What do you think of this rumour? Do you think Martinet is voicing two new characters in the movie? Let us know in the comments.
[source ecartelera.com, via nintenderos.com]
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Weeelll... Sounds weird... But, interesting, though...
would have been funny to have him voice Wario instead
Playing his father sounds like a good way to get him in there. And, honestly, I think Pratt's Brooklyn-style Mario accent is going to work out better than the Martinet way of doing Mario for a whole movie, so this is a nice way to have both in there.
I wonder if he's going to look like this:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/09/weirdness_fans_think_theyve_found_mario_and_luigis_father
That would be a great nod to some rare classic depiction of what we think is Mario's and Luigi's father there.
Are we finally gonna see the Super Mario Parents? That's something I've wanted to see since Yoshi's Island.
Totally called it. And if you think about it, it makes sense. Their father could have immigrated to Brooklyn from Italy, set up the Mario Plumbing business, and taken his sons on as apprentices before handing the business over to them.
How much do you want to bet that his voice will be the voice that Charles Martinet uses for Mario or Luigi?
@HammerGalladeBro It's a fan work, but the comics by Nintendrawer on DeviantArt occasionally feature Mario and Luigi's parents. Their father is more portly than Mario, but sports a significantly smaller mustache. Their mother appears to be slightly taller than her husband, and is lanky like Luigi. For the record, here's what they look like:
https://www.deviantart.com/nintendrawer/art/Meet-zah-Marios-Title-page-Update-dub-info-888771565
Wait, he's playing Giuseppe - as in - Regular Giuseppe from those Dorkly videos?
That’d be nice if it were passing the torch like they did with Shaggy when going from Casey Kasem to Matthew Lillard.
So... He's gonna play Miyamoto? 🙃
My prediction is that Mario Sr will have a voice closer to Martinet’s natural speaking voice, while Giuseppe will be classic Mario.
The plumbers will have one interaction with him peppered with enough “it’s-a me!”s and “mama-mia!”s to demonstrate why you shouldn’t have the lead character in a major movie try to emote and deliver exposition this way.
@RetroGames What is with people thinking that is only voice Charles can do? People act like the man can't change his voice style to better suit a film if he was tasked so by the director.
Mama... eh Daddy Mia!
As unlikely as it is, hoping this Giuseppe guy is really just a pseudonym to hide a Wario cameo.
My bet is that he ends up also playing Mario, just another variant of said character, perhaps from another dimension.
Do we know if this unknown Giuseppe character and Mario's Dad aren't the same person?
I was kind of figuring that they'd do some flashback and have him playing Baby Mario and Luigi.
We get to finally see their parents! Heck yes! And played by Martinet! This is great!
Surely he’s not playing an Italian character? Actors’ unions would have put a stop to that! Surely?
Funny I happen to see this yesterday on the IMDb listing
@reporterdavid That killed me- thank you
Having seen the movie as a critic I can confirm this. Fans won’t be disappointed.
I looked on imdb.com weeks ago and saw this father role...
@KevynOnVideo Well, in this case, I think that would be the voice he would do if he were doing the voice for Mario in a Mario movie, given that it's the voice he's being doing for Mario for decades already. But, hey, you never know.
His italian father? Or his mushroom kingdom father (as seen in Yoshi island endidng)??
Would of liked him to of voiced mario in a dream sequence, where he's incredibly good at platforming
@RetroGames Oh wow, I had this tray for years! I completely forgot about it. Thanks.
Ugh. Just when I was thinking about watching it,they hafta go put him in it.
Aw that’s sweet having him be Papa Mario. Even more so if they reference the whole “Jump Man is Mario’s Dad” thing.
Giuseppe… reminds me of that Dorkly video of the 3rd Mario Bros that lives a normal life. Still its good we shall hear Mario’s original VA in the movie even if he is not voicing Mario himself.
@Tempestryke Did he do anything wrong or do you not like his take on Mario?
@MovieBuff i find his voice extremely annoying.
@Tempestryke So if he voiced Mario & Luigi in the film you wouldn’t see it?
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