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Last September, Nintendo announced the voice cast for their upcoming movie based on the Super Mario franchise, and there was mixed responses to its choices. Few could see Chris Pratt playing a convincing Mario after his bizarre post reveal video, however one of animation studio Illumination's founders has called his performance "phenomenal".
Although Seth Rogan's mum couldn't believe her son was cast as the role, fans seemed to welcome the funny man as Donkey Kong. In fact the response was so warm, and Nintendo is so sure of the film's success, that Rogan has already been signed on for a further solo Donkey Kong film.
Now as spotted by My Nintendo News, Luigi's voice actor, Charlie Day, has shared his own insight on the voice recording process. Known most famously for his role in It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Day was hyperbolic when speaking to chat show host Jimmy Kimmel about the project.
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“I’m playing Luigi. In fact, I just was recording that this morning, and I’d love to tell you all about it, but they are top secret with this stuff. I know nothing. I know nothing. I show up and they’re like ‘you say this’ and ‘you say that’ and it’s all very funny and good, and then I walk out and there’s like two guys in overalls with like hammers that are like ‘don’t you tell nobody nothing about this Charlie. I swear to God we’re gonna get your kneecaps, we’re gonna break your neck.'”
While Nintendo is not one to share its toys, it is unlikely to have called in the Hammer Bros quite yet. Recently it did hit a not for profit YouTube channel with over 1300 copyright strikes for sharing Nintendo soundtracks. This is despite there being no official way to listen to most of Nintendo's musical library.
Aside from Day saying that he hasn't been allowed to read ahead in the script, it's interesting that he also claims the cast do not do table reads together. Instead he says that each actor records their lines in isolation. Whatever it is that Nintendo is planning, it seems that the public will be the last to know if even the cast are left in the dark.
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