When a fan asked him which character he would remove from the Mario world if he could, Martinet replied: ‘‘I wouldn’t get rid of any of the Mario characters. I want to travel the world and try white truffles in Italy.
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I want to live a life full of love and gratitude. Since he started playing Mario, Martinet said that he ‘‘aspire to be like William Shatner.” According to Martinet, “ is doing so many things in his life from Star Trek, music, writing and even going to space. It turns out that the casting director sent to Shigeru Miyamoto, the lead designer behind Mario, Charles’ take proclaiming, ‘‘We got our Mario.’’ ‘‘I want to voice Mario until I drop dead.’’ Martinet thought that this would be the end, but he got a callback and Nintendo hired him. Image Credit – NintendoĮventually, the director told him to stop because the tape ran out and that he’d be in touch. He was caught off-guard when the director said action, so he started listing pizza, pasta and every Italian dish he could name in that voice. He eventually decided to make a young, happy version of a Brooklyn accent for the kids he thought would play the game. Since he was asked to improvise, Martinet initially planned to do a deep, raspy stereotypical Italian-American voice. Martinet admits that he knew next to nothing about video games at the time. They reluctantly agreed and told him ‘‘you are an Italian plumber from Brooklyn named Mario’’ for the videogame company, Nintendo. ‘‘After that, I thought ‘ok, I guess I’m a voice actor now!’’’ An Italian Plumber From Brooklyn Named MarioĪ friend asked Martinet to ‘‘crash an audition in Las Vegas.’’ The casting directors were already packing up, but Martinet walked up to them and asked whether he could read the script. ‘‘So I ended up making hundreds of corporate videos.’’īut his stint into voice acting started after he read a script and made 250$ in a single take. Image Credit – Nintendo LifeĪfter auditioning for a corporate video, he realised that he made more money doing a single corporate video than performing in the theatre. However, he admits ‘‘I failed many times on my way to becoming an actor.’’ He even admits to failing in business after briefly trying his hand at it. He then went to school at Drama Studio London. He even managed to earn an apprenticeship at Berkeley Repertory Theater. Martinet recounts: ‘‘I felt I was shaking the entire time, but after I finished, someone in the audience asked how come I was the only one who wasn’t nervous?’’Īfter that, he decided to take acting classes and try to become an actor. His friend tricked him into doing a monologue from the Spoon River Anthology. ‘‘I planned on returning to my studies later, but I never did.’’ Martinet, Matinees & MarioĬharles Martinet dropped out of UC Berkeley because he couldn’t get the teacher he wanted for his thesis. During the Q&A he spoke about his rise to fame and the trials and tribulations that got him there. He has voiced many characters in the Mario Universe, namely Luigi, Waluigi, Wario and of course, Mario. Martinet spent the last 30 years voice acting for Nintendo. For FAN EXPO Canada: Limited Edition, Charles Martinet held a Q&A session hosted by John K.
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