JB-the-Hunter
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Nobody should be defending or bashing him, because no one has witnessed his performance yet. Also, the whole cast is stunt casting. That doesn't mean anything about the quality of the final product. It will always mystify me how people come to conclusions about things without the tiniest shred of insight. The amount of times people hated casting choices before seeing even a trailer, let alone the film, and ended up being proven wrong is beyond count.The way people seem to always leap to Pratt's defense will remain mystifying to me. He is stunt casting, and is a bad choice. As much as I love the Lego movies, he is not a good choice for Mario, and is not a good voice actor. The charm that he seems to have been able to convey on film is not right for Mario. I'm fairly certain I can go through the fairly star studded cast of the new Ducktales and pick out a half dozen better options.
And about him not being right for Mario, every character in this film is going to have their personalities evolved and exaggerated from the games, because the games don't allow much room for the characters to display their personalities. In the comic this film is taking inspiration from, Super Mario Adventures, Mario is very sure of himself and fearless, similar to Peter Quill, without the bumbling side. I don't know whether or not Pratt will be able to pull off Mario's voice (which is not that hard, I've heard various convincing Mario impressions over the years), but I have little reason to doubt he can play a version of Mario that was written similar to the character he's played for almost a decade. What matters most is the direction he and the rest of the cast are given.