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Super Mario Bros. actor Bob Hoskins dies

British actor Bob Hoskins passes away at 71.

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Super Mario Bros. movie actor Bob Hoskins died this week after being hospitalized with pneumonia, his publicist confirmed to The Chicago Tribune today. He was 71.

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Hoskins rose to prominence through movies like Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Hook, but gamers know him best as the man who played Mario in 1993's infamous Super Mario Bros. In a 2007 interview, Hoskins recalled what a trainwreck the Super Mario Bros. movie was.

"The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Brothers. It was a f**kin' nightmare. The whole experience was a nightmare. It had a husband-and-wife team directing, whose arrogance had been mistaken for talent. After so many weeks their own agent told them to get off the set! F**kin' nightmare. F**kin' idiots."

Hoskins was nominated for an Oscar in 1987 for Mona Lisa. He has appeared in dozens of films, the most recent of which was 2012's Snow White And The Huntsman. Hoskins retired from acting in 2012, explaining at the time that he was suffering from Parkinson's disease.



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Rest in Peace, even though the Mario movie was a disaster, I did enjoy it since I was a kid when I watched it

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Same here, to me it was just another action adventure Sy-Fy movie.

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@EasyComeEasyGo LOL I didnt even know it was a Mario movie until I got older, but nonetheless it was a good movie if you dont connect it with the Super Mario franchise

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I watched when came out on TV I was 7.

But for me his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit was amazing.

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And I was 5 years old when my father got me the VHS.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> I think I was 6 yrs old

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R.I.P. Bob Hoskins was an amazing actor, Who framed Roger Rabbit is one of my all time faves.

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This is sad R.I.P :(

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First Dennis Hopper and now Bob Hoskins, what madness is this?

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Really I didn't think he was still around. I just have not see him in a movie like in years.

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The movie was amazing. Any dissenters are just trolls who hate happiness. It's seriously better than Shitizen Kane.

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Bob Hokins be miss RIP and he did better movies than this so people should pay respects who like this actor.

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Didn't do much in it but I remember freaking out when I saw Eddie from Roger Rabbit pop up in it :P

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lol that movie was a disaster. He was fantastic in WFRR though. The whole husband wife directing team actually answers a lot of questions on why that movie was so bad.

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All I had to do is see the trailer for that movie and said...nope. Good actor overall though.

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Super Mario Bros Actor.... there's no worse memory than that.

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