Upcoming animated filmThe Super Mario Bros. MoviefeaturesChris PrattandCharlie Dayas Mario and Luigi, respectively. To share stories about the film, Pratt and Day dive intoThe Super Mario Bros. MoviewithCollider.
The Super Mario Bros. Moviecast apparently tried several voices to find the right one for their characters. While talking about voices, Day and Pratt were asked for ideas they explored to find it. Charlie Day reveals hilarious antics he’s pulled during a meeting with Illumination. He shared that he tried pitching his character to speak French-ish words in the film.
“I mean, entirely in French. I was like, ‘Illumination, you’re in France. Why don’t I do this all in French?’ And they said, ‘Do you speak French?’ I said, ‘Not really.’ And they said, ‘Yeah, that’s not gonna work for us.' I said, ‘It sounds French-ish,’ and they said, ‘Are you saying a French accent?’ I’m like, ‘No, some French-ish words like, ‘[speaks gibberish in a French-ish accent].’ And they’re like, ‘You know, no one’s gonna know what that is.’”
While Day’s idea was a little extreme, Pratt said he actually cannot remember doing anything special to land the perfect voice for Mario. He recalls,
“Gosh, I don’t know that I had big, wide choices that were all that different than what ended up. It was a little bit more, you know, slightly nuanced the differences. We tried a few different things and then, ultimately, it took probably three or four sessions before settling on what worked. And once we had that figured out, I’d get to the session, they would play back the hit list of like the 15 or 20 phrases that they had that were like, ‘This is the voice, this is where we want it to be.’ And so once we did that, it would be like a little tuning horn. Is what they’re called? Tuning horn?”
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A Person Who’s Always Been There For Them Just Like Luigi to Mario
In the video games, Luigi has always been there for Mario. He accompanies Mario on his adventures and the franchise’s duo has maintained brotherly love for each other. As Pratt and Day are playing as Mario and Luigi in the film, they were asked if there was someone who always supported them in every step of the way.
For Pratt, it was someone blood-related who’s been with him since he was born. He said,
“My real brother in my real life was definitely that for me. He’s always believed in me, always thought that I was gonna go and do extraordinary things. Even when I didn’t have belief in myself, he would be the one who’s like, ‘You’re cut out for this. You’re meant to do this, you’re special, you have it, trust me, you can do this.’ So, he was always that guy who – unrelenting love.”
As for Day, it was someone whom he met along the way. He shared,
“That’s my wife for me. I directed this movie, Fool’s Paradise – coming out May 12th – and I think she should have a producer credit on it because every decision I would constantly be like, ‘What do you think about this? And what do you think about that,’ for many, many years in the making of that. So, yeah, she’s been a good partner in that regard.”
