<p>Actor Chris Pratt responded to backlash over his accent in his upcoming project, &#8220;The Super Mario Bros. Movie&#8221; — and he encouraged his would-be critics to see the movie before passing judgment. &#8220;You know what? In all honesty, I think you probably need to watch it twice,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Pratt, who voices the titular character Mario, joined Extra&#8217;s Jenn Lahmers alongside his costar Charlie Day — who voices Luigi — to discuss the movie and some of the <a href="https://www.cbr.com/super-mario-bros-chris-pratt-accent-perfect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fan complaints</a> about the characters&#8217; accents. The main point of contention was the move to use more of an Italian-by-way-of-Brooklyn accent than straight Italian.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Pratt reacts to criticism of voice accents in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperMarioMovie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SuperMarioMovie</a>: &quot;Go watch the movie and then we can talk.&quot; Full interview: <a href="https://t.co/p2LDxJcOmf">https://t.co/p2LDxJcOmf</a> <a href="https://t.co/BhMZSsSHZC">pic.twitter.com/BhMZSsSHZC</a></p>
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<p>Lahmers tackled the issue head on, saying that she felt like the movie had handled the accents in a fun way — but then she asked what the actors would say to those who were bothered by the fact that they didn&#8217;t sound more Italian.</p>
<p>&#8220;I — you know, come watch the movie,&#8221; Pratt began, and Day nodded in agreement. &#8220;Go watch the movie and then we can talk. I really think that once you see the movie — and, you know what? In all honesty, I think you probably need to watch it twice.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pratt went on to acknowledge that there were a lot of super-fans in the &#8220;Super Mario Bros.&#8221; fanbase — counting himself among them — and he said that he absolutely understood that no one wanted to see a movie company come in and change a piece of their childhood in order to make a &#8220;cash grab.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This is the soundtrack to your youth, and you don&#8217;t want someone to come along and cynically kind of just destroy it as a cash grab with the movie,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I fully understand that, you do not want that to happen. And there are so many hearts and souls and minds dedicated to making sure that didn&#8217;t happen &#8230; it really honors the video game and honors the world of Mario.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pratt went on to joke about wanting to make better animated movies not just because the audience would love them but also because, as a parent, he was going to be subjected to most of them anyway.</p>
<p>&#8220;Now that I have kids, I have to see every animated movie whether it&#8217;s good or not,&#8221; he joked.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Mario&#8221; is slated to hit theaters on April 5.</p>
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