Charles Martinet may not have been invited to play Mario in the next film

There are a lot of questions about Nintendo’s upcoming Super Mario movie and Illumination, but one of the biggest concerns that will be voicing Mario. Truth be told, we don’t even know if Mario will be voiced or not! You imagine Mario will have some kind of cue in the movie, like he does from time to time in games.

While we wait to learn more about the film’s voice, it looks like the voice of Mario we all know and love may not be involved in the project. In a GalaxyCon Live interview with none other than Charles Martinet, he was asked about his thoughts on the upcoming film. Part of Charles’ answer is as follows.

“… if they invite me to play, I will come in and play with great joy and happiness.”

Now, this could be taken in two different ways. The most obvious way is that Mr. Martinet just wasn’t asked to voice the role. The second way of looking at it is to view Charles’s comments as timid. It’s likely that Charles couldn’t confirm / deny his work on the film, so the careful wording of the above statement could sidestep the issue.

There is no doubt that fans will be upset if Mr. Martinet does not voice Mario in the film, but great films tend to go with the power of Hollywood stars to move their plans forward. We’ll just have to hang in there and see which direction Nintendo and Illumination go.