{"id":570542,"date":"2026-04-07T21:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/570542\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T21:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:52:09","slug":"chris-pratt-gets-roasted-for-fumbling-basic-mario-lore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/570542\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Pratt Gets Roasted For Fumbling Basic Mario Lore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not everyone can be a certified Mario Knower like Rosalina voice actor Brie Larson<\/a>, but Chris Pratt, who plays the plumber in Nintendo and Illumination\u2019s bajillion-dollar-earning films<\/a>, really just\u2026doesn\u2019t seem to know much about the series at all, and keeps getting roasted for it.<\/p>\n

Really, I don\u2019t think an actor needs to have the Super Mario Wiki installed in their brain if they\u2019re going to play a role in these films, but Pratt\u2019s inability to string together a coherent thought about Mario as it pertains to the films he\u2019s in sure is odd. This goes back to when he was first announced as the voice of Mario in 2022, and in a promotional clip he mentioned childhood hours spent \u201cstomping\u2026KOOPAS!\u201d in a way that had people questioning whether he\u2019d ever played a video game in his life.<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s done it again while promoting The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/a>, and the film\u2019s official social channels decided to post it where millions could see. While at the film\u2019s premiere in Kyoto, Pratt was asked what he was excited for fans to see, and whether it was because of a brain fart or because man just doesn\u2019t know what the Mushroom Kingdom is, he kinda fumbles the answer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m most excited for fans to see the worlds outside of Mushroom\u2026the Mushroom planet,\u201d Pratt says.<\/p>\n

how do you larp as the voice of mario\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\udc94 pic.twitter.com\/5IdJY8IKJ1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 chillaxin\ud83c\udf73 (@ChillaxinSonic) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Oof. Part of me wants to be sympathetic because I try to give some grace to celebrities who are held to an unrealistic standard of having to be perfect and pristine every time they speak, but the laundry list of reasons to be less charitable to Pratt<\/a> than the average celebrity is long, so I won\u2019t spend a lot of time doing that. Both these instances of Pratt talking about Mario like he\u2019s being fed information through an earpiece that\u2019s losing signal have fans calling him a \u201clarper,\u201d or someone who pretends to be interested in something rather than being genuine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s one thing to not know the source material but how do u not even know what\u2019s happening in ur own movie https:\/\/t.co\/f6xU8yXxvC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Person108 (@PersonthePerso2) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

The fact that he was more passionate about Garfield than this https:\/\/t.co\/eRlcJzSQUg<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/DEdAPEH5Yg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 #1 Space Jam 2 Lover (@JoshuaTookes) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting to see why all the interviewers gave all their attention to Brie Larson. https:\/\/t.co\/b8bP9Dy7vI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CraftyAdrian (@CraftyAdrian360) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Pratt\u2019s performance as Mario in both films has been widely derided<\/a> for mostly just sounding like Pratt\u2019s regular speaking voice with an occasional Brooklyn inflection, and given that he\u2019s voicing one of the most iconic video game heroes of all time for a massive audience, accusations that he might not actually care about the character and the job have followed him for years. Not that everyone needs to be passionate about what gives them cash, but it sure does come off worse now that Larson is in the cast and racing circles around everyone else in terms of passion and knowledge. Here, let\u2019s watch a palate cleanser of her playing Mario Kart World before you go:<\/p>\n