Thirty years ago, Mario made his first video game appearance, and magic mushrooms, blue-collar work, and mischievous anthropomorphic turtles have permeated pop culture ever since. Now, Nintendo’s surprise announcement that Chris Pratt will voice the Italian plumber in Illumination’s upcoming animated Super Mario Bros: The Movie (release date: December 21, 2022) had everyone talking on Twitter. Pratt will lead an A-list cast including Charlie Day as the accommodating Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, and Jack Black as Bowser.
The fact that none of these cast members are Italian, and it’s unclear whether they will voice their roles with an Italian accent, has spawned a plethora of reactions worthy of the phrase, “mama mia!” Those who remember 1993’s live-action abomination, Super Mario Bros, are optimistic. Others are simply not okay with it. Regardless, it’s all rather silly and the perfect kind of melodrama to ridicule—which is the whole point of Twitter these days: laughter. Here are some of the funniest tweets reacting to Chris Pratt’s Super Mario Bros. movie.
Cover Photo: Marvel Studios/Nintendo
chris pratt is playing mario pic.twitter.com/KiWVoVkY5z
— Vincent Martella (@vince_martella) September 23, 2021
So excited for House of Gucci! https://t.co/QDsmXDmpUn
— Rose Dommu (@rosedommu) September 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/LuckRaiser/status/1441173365088141318?s=20
imagine Chris Pratt doing this pic.twitter.com/Uo8xqHvLDI
— wisalallen (@wisalallen) September 23, 2021
“WITH SURPRISE CAMEOS FROM CHARLES MARTINET”?!?!?!?!?!!!?
THE VOICE OF MARIO IS GONNA BE A SURPRISE CAMEO IN THE *MARIO* MOVIE IM SICK pic.twitter.com/jCScaEbo2U
— zeno: fighter d (@childishgamzeno) September 23, 2021
This guy predicted it…
I'm calling it now, the Mario Bros movie will NOT have Charles Martinet play Mario for no reason and cast someone like Chris Pratt
— StheGeneral (@general_sthe) May 21, 2020
The black and white image makes it look like this is a memorial for Chris Pratt, with his last words being "Mario". pic.twitter.com/FaT4KTX1p8
— Lance H. (@Imp_Animator) September 24, 2021
Chris Pratt is the Olive Garden in human form
— andi zeisler (@andizeisler) September 23, 2021
Finding out that Chris Pratt is gonna be Mario is the exact opposite feeling of finding out Idris Elba is Knuckles
— Pond (@pppondi) September 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/MrChebi/status/1441171645838757889?s=20
Yo the Super Mario Movie looks amazing pic.twitter.com/RbnhbFM7HJ
— The Don (@MopoShnack) September 23, 2021
When Donkey Kong Runs off with Princess Peach in the Mario movie. #NintendoDirect pic.twitter.com/dzX3dO6QAI
— TheAusSpideyGuy?️?️ theausspideyguy.bsky.social (@TheAusSpideyGuy) September 23, 2021
Learning that Jack Black is Bowser was way more fulfilling than any Smash reveal
— jacob alpharad ?✨ (@Alpharad) September 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/beanzaru/status/1441183954116042759?s=20
Mario: Chris Pratt
Bowser: Jack Black pic.twitter.com/OYX6SYsRGR— Ash Parrish (@adashtra) September 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/happygrowls/status/1441172326679199744?s=20
Timeline looks like this right now pic.twitter.com/HwEWERTFfy
— V i c t o r i a (@sailorbee) September 23, 2021
they casted the mario movie like “who are 10 actors that are alive. lets put em in”
— fūnk-é☆ (@funkefly) September 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/ModeratelyOkCos/status/1441178584756867076?s=20
And then this video predicting Keegan-Michael Key’s performance as Toad…
