Chris Pratt Is The Voice Actor of Garfield in A New Movie From Alcon Entertainment
2 min readNow that Chris Pratt has voiced Mario in “Super Mario Bros” he is all set to voice the famous comic cat Garfield in a movie with the same name.
The movie will be produced by Sony Pictures, written by David Reynolds and directed by Mark Dindal.
Garfield is an overweight cat( although he once said that he is not overweight. He is just undertall!). He is arrogant and lazy but is also caring and funny. Earlier, the Lasagna loving and Monday hating cat was voiced by Bill Murray in Garfield (2004) and Garfield: A tail of two kitties (2006). There is news that Tom Holland will be approached to voice Odie, Garfield’s friend.
In September this year, it was announced that Pratt will be voic ing Mario and the movie is set to release in December 2022. Besides Pratt, the movie will also star Jack Black as Bowser, Charlie Day as Luigi and Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong.
Mixed reactions by people-
Many people aren’t liking that Chris Pratt is chosen to voice the character of Garfield.
A Twitter user wrote, “Is Chris Pratt intent on ruining ALL of our childhood memories or…”
Another user tweeted, “I hope the #Eternals movie explains how the f–k they let a Garfield movie starring Chris Pratt happen.”
More about the “Guardians of the Galaxy” star-
Christopher Michael Pratt (42) is a famous American actor. He is known as Star-Lord, a character he played in Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy”.
At the start of his career he acted in movies like Wanted (2008), Jennifer’s Body (2009), MoneyBall (2011), The Five Year Engagement (2012) and Her (2013).
He got his big break in 2015 after playing Andy Dwyer in Parks and Recreation (2009-2015). Even though he was meant to be a temporary character, he was liked so much that he became permanent.
His character Star-Lord also bought him a lot of attention. His most significant movies include- Jurassic World(2015), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom(2018), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 (2017). Also Avenger’s: End Game (2019) and Avengers: Infinity War ( 2018).
What many people do not know is that he has also wrestled for almost 10 years. He was named one of the 100 Most Influential People by Time Magazine in 2015. Pratt also ranked 2nd on the People Magazine’s list of Sexiest Men Alive in 2014. In 2017, he also received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.