#3 Charles Martinet longtime voice of Super Mario, Dare Devil, Wonder-man, Happy Gilmore
Mar 10, 2025•33 min
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On the Show we talk about new Disney plus show Dare Devil Reborn, Fonseca talks witj Charles Martinet the voice of Nintendo's Super Mario....
The way Martinet tells it, he “crashed” an audition Nintendo was holding for potential Marios in the early ’90s (Mario and Luigi did not yet speak in the early Super Mario Bros. games). In an interview with Guinness World Records, Martinet said a casting director gave him a simple prompt: “‘You’re an Italian plumber from Brooklyn for this company called Nintendo. The character’s name is Mario. Make up a voice.’”
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The way Martinet tells it, he “crashed” an audition Nintendo was holding for potential Marios in the early ’90s (Mario and Luigi did not yet speak in the early Super Mario Bros. games). In an interview with Guinness World Records, Martinet said a casting director gave him a simple prompt: “‘You’re an Italian plumber from Brooklyn for this company called Nintendo. The character’s name is Mario. Make up a voice.’”
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