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Chris Pratt’s OG Voice In The Super Mario Bros. Movie Was Too ‘New Jersey’

The film’s directors told Pratt he was ‘doing a Tony Soprano thing’ when trying to find Mario’s voice

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Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie is doing a butt-stomp on the ground.
Screenshot: Universal Pictures / Kotaku

Whether you’ve seen The Super Mario Bros. Movie or not, you’ve undoubtedly heard Chris Pratt’s fairly normal-sounding voice as the titular plumber. Initially derided for sounding nothing like the Mario we’ve come to know from the games, Pratt has put his own spin on the character. But in his quest to find the perfect voice for this iteration of Nintendo’s iconic Jumpman, Chris Pratt, at one point, apparently made Mario sound something like a Sopranos extra.