Casting of Chris Pratt in Super Mario Bros Faces Backlash

Super Mario Bros won't be released until April 2023, but the film is already facing some casting criticism.

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Charles Martinet, known for voicing Mario and Luigi in the video game series since 1992, is of French descent.

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The video-game adaptation has been pushed back from its original December release date to April 7, 2023 in North America.

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Super Mario Bros. is the best-selling video game franchise of all time, with more than 758.06 million copies sold.

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The first video game within the franchise was released for Nintendo in 1985.

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