Entertainment outlet TooFab shared a brief interview with Illumination CEO and Founder and Mario movie Producer Christopher Meledandri about Chris Pratt’s depiction of Mario in the film.
In addition to Chris Pratt as Mario and Charlie Day as Luigi, the Mario movie will star Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach and Jack Black as Bowser.
He also claimed the movie will explain why Mario doesn’t have the same Italian accent he does in the games.
So you’ll see that we definitely nod to that. But that’s not the tenor of the performance throughout the film.“ Here is the full TooFab video in which Meledandri talks about Chris Pratt’s performance in the Mario movie.