Harley Quinn voice actor says movie Mario ‘should’ be Charles Martinet
Voice actor Tara Strong believes replacing Charles Martinet for the Mario movie is proof of how little Hollywood respects voice actors.
The casting of Chris Pratt as Mario in the animated Super Mario Bros. movie is easily the most contentious part of the whole affair. Especially when he confirmed he wouldn’t be giving Mario his typical Italian accent.
Pratt’s detractors only felt more justified in their displeasure following the release of the first trailer. While Jack Black’s Bowser has been met with almost universal praise, Pratt’s Mario voice has been criticised for it just being his regular voice with an easy-to-miss Brooklyn accent.
It isn’t just regular fans who have taken umbrage with it; even professional voice actor Tara Strong has weighed in on the controversy.
In the wake of the trailer’s release, Strong tweeted ‘It should be Charles,’ expressing support for Mario’s video game voice actor Charles Martinet.
Martinet has been voicing Mario in the games since the early 90s. While other actors have portrayed Nintendo’s mascot in other media before (such as Bob Hoskins in the justly maligned live action movie), Martinet is very much considered to be Mario.
As such, him being replaced by Pratt for the new movie has left a sour taste in many fans’ mouths.
Strong herself, whose long list of roles include Twilight Sparkle in the My Little Pony franchise and Harley Quinn in various video games and cartoons (but not the Harley Quinn TV series), believes that Martinet’s replacement only goes to show how little respect Hollywood has for professional voice actors.
In a follow-up tweet, she wrote ‘Voice actors – I’m gonna put my heart and soul in this for at least 20 years, help sell billions in merch, make the studios millions of
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