

Needless to say, the audition went well and Martinet's tape was the only one put forward that day. He said 'just start talking, make up anything you want, and when you run out of things to say that's your audition'". "There I am in this audition that I've crashed, he's told me what to do, and he gave me one direction.
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Charles Martinet with fans (pic credit Twitter)Īfter 10 years of theatre jobs, 1,000 radio and TV commercials, and 500-600 commercial videos, Martinet found himself crashing an audition to voice a video character. "Failing that, I started really working hard," he said. It wasn't until he failed to secure the leading role in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that Martinet's passion for acting was sparked.

I couldn't get my final thesis professor as all the classes were full, so I quit!" "I was going to be a lawyer, and then I was going to be a psychologist, and then I was going to be a political scientist. Martinet explained how one of his friends tricked him into taking an acting class with the promise that the pals would have lunch together every day. "I just wish that for everybody you find your joy, your passion, your happiness and you'll bring it to others," he said. I get to do what I love in life and people say 'Oh, you are the voice of my childhood'. Speaking to Oliver Callan on The Ryan Tubridy Show on RTÉ Radio 1, 66-year-old Martinet admits he has always felt honoured to voice the most famous Italian plumbing brothers in gaming history, and has never taken his legendary gig for granted. Martinet, is currently in Dublin for Comic Con which takes place at The Convention Centre over the weekend. Charles Martinet, who is known for his iconic portrayal of both Mario and Luigi in the Super Mario video game series, has said he feels like "the luckiest guy in the world".
