Tara Strong comments on Chris Pratt's casting in the Super Mario movie: "it should be Charles"

Voice actor Tara Strong has criticised the new Mario movie for not offering the titular role to Mario's in-game voice actor, Charles Martinet.

Announced back in 2018, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a collaboration between Nintendo and Universal Pictures' Illumination animation division. It sees Chris Pratt heading an all-star cast that includes Jack Black as Bowser and Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach.

In a tweet, Strong - whose own prolific career includes voice performances as Harley Quinn, Batgirl, and Fairly Odd Parents' Timmy Turner - posted a photograph of herself and Martinet with the text: "it should be Charles".

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