Tara Strong Calls Out Mario Movie For Replacing Charles Martinet
Tara Strong, the voice actress best known for being in everything ever, is criticizing the recently unveiled Super Mario Bros. movie for recasting its lead. This comes just after Chris Pratt debuts his voice work as the iconic plumber, which doesn't sound too far off his regular voice.
Taking to Twitter as soon as the trailer went live, Strong shared a picture of herself with Martinet. "It should have been Charles," she wrote, with many in the replies sharing her sentiment. Since then, she's doubled down on this, and even criticized other studios for replacing voice actors with more recognizable names in movie and television adaptations - something Strong has experienced herself.
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After sharing the picture of herself and Martinet, Strong continued to call out companies for recasting voice actors. In a follow-up Tweet, Strong says that voice actors "help sell billions in merch" and "make the studios millions of dollars," only to get replaced with celebrities when it comes to more mainstream adaptations such as the Super Mario Bros. movie.
Strong then went on to call on her followers to share images they have taken with Martinet over the years. The wording of the Tweet suggests she has been in contact with Martinet, and he is struggling with Chris Pratt voicing the character he has played for so long.
"Hey Twitter friends, I happen to know a certain earth angel who could use some love tonight," writes Strong, likely referring to yesterday's Mario trailer. "Have a story about
@CharlesMartinet? Pics? Ever meet him at a con? Share in this thread pretty please. I love him so much that now we insist on being next to each other at all cons."
While Strong has
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