Twitter prophet predicted Chris Pratt\u2019s Mario movie casting, leaving fans floored Wikimedia Commons: Gage Skidmore \/ NintendoChris Pratt\u2019s surprise casting as Mario in the upcoming movie was expected by no one \u2014 except one Twitter prophet. A tweet dating back to May 2020 has gone viral after one user\u2019s big brain was on display after the Nintendo Direct announcement. When the Mario movie \u2014 and its talent \u2014 was announced on September 23 during a Nintendo Direct presentation, the internet went crazy over the casting decisions. The film will see Chris Pratt take up the mantle of the iconic red-capped plumber, with Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Jack Black featuring as Luigi, Peach, and Bowser respectively. While these announcements caused quite the buzz already, it only got more hectic when a tweet from May 2020 resurfaced predicting the casting \u2014 going viral shortly after. Viral tweet predicts Chris Pratt in Nintendo\u2019s Mario movie Twitter user StheGeneral\u2019s throwaway tweet didn\u2019t really have any ramifications back in 2020. \u201cI\u2019m calling it now, the Mario Bros movie will not have Charles Martinet play Mario for no reason and cast someone like Chris Pratt,\u201d they said over 12 months ago. It didn\u2019t really do numbers at the time, but after the Nintendo Direct, the tweet quickly became a viral hit, reaching nearly 100,000 likes at the time of publishing. I’m calling it now, the Mario Bros movie will NOT have Charles Martinet play Mario for no reason and cast someone like Chris Pratt \u2014 StheGeneral (@general_sthe) May 21, 2020 Of course, the internet melted down. Some joked that StheGeneral had a time machine. Even some of the biggest names like jschlatt couldn\u2019t believe the kind of prophecy random internet users were tweeting out years in advance. How this guy be looking when the FBI breaks into his house tomorrow to confiscate his time machine pic.twitter.com\/Gmfcw6Hx9Q \u2014 Lucid \ud83d\udd1c CtCon (@LucidShuck) September 23, 2021 sure am glad i get to be the first one to post this pic.twitter.com\/QXXJqJD6Tx \u2014 \u2605Arcade | RIP Kazuki Takahashi (@ACSchakal) September 23, 2021 Some others couldn\u2019t help but draw comparisons between the Mario movie and 2020\u2019s Sonic the Hedgehog release. Chris Pratt was rumored to be in contention for a role in the film, before the movie went through a total redesign due to widespread criticism. While he missed that one, he\u2019s found himself in another gaming pop culture hit \u2014 even if not everyone in internet fandom is too pleased. Man I\u2019m not even watching the Nintendo Direct yet but lemme say: Fuck this casting celebrities as video game characters in their movies thing. Let Roger Craig Smith be Sonic, let Charles Martinet be Mario, no one wants to see them reinvent Mario to act like Chris Pratt. \u2014 Matt Shipman \ud83c\udf2a\ufe0fVongola Storm Guardian \ud83c\udf2a\ufe0f (@MattShipmanVO) September 23, 2021 StheGeneral did have the last laugh after the tweet went viral though: \u201cIf there\u2019s one \u2018decent\u2019 thing about this I guess Chris Pratt\u2019s career hasn\u2019t been canceled anymore?\u201d Whether it was a shot in the dark or an educated guess, hats off to StheGeneral for getting this one right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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