Katherine Schwarzenegger REACTS to Critics of Her Husband Chris Pratt

Chris Pratt arsenic Mario? That casting near galore Nintendo fans piping hot.

And portion many criticized the actor for not utilizing the character's Italian-inspired accent in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (as heard successful trailers), co-director Aaron Horvath knows they picked a winner.

"For us, it made full sense," Horvath—also down Teen Titans GO!—recently told Total Film. "He's truly bully astatine playing a blue-collar leader with a ton of heart. For the mode that Mario is characterized successful our film, he's cleanable for it."

The animated film—also starring Charlie Day, Seth Rogen, Anya Taylor-Joy and Jack Black—will amusement a caller broadside of the beloved quality and his member Luigi.

"It's a spot of an root tale," Horvath explained, noting it begins with the duo arsenic blue-collar plumbers successful Brooklyn. "It's the communicative of Mario becoming Super Mario…When you play the game, if you don't springiness up, Mario volition succeed. So we transferred that subordinate acquisition from the crippled to a diagnostic that Mario would have."