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[[Image:Bob_Hoskins.jpg|frame|'''Bob Hoskins''' in the [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'']] live-action film.]] | [[Image:Bob_Hoskins.jpg|frame|'''Bob Hoskins''' in the [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'']] live-action film.]] | ||
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{{LLQuote|The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Brothers. It was a fuckin' 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! Fuckin' nightmare. Fuckin' idiots.|Bob Hoskins|[http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/aug/03/2 "The Guardian" interview]}} | {{LLQuote|The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Brothers. It was a fuckin' 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! Fuckin' nightmare. Fuckin' idiots.|Bob Hoskins|[http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/aug/03/2 "The Guardian" interview]}} | ||
'''[[Wikipedia:Bob Hoskins|Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr.]]''' (born October 26, 1942 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk – died April 29, 2014) was an Academy Award-nominated English actor. He portrayed the live-action version of [[Mario (film character)|Mario]] seen in the movie ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'', which was released in 1993. Despite portraying Mario, he was not the lead protagonist of the film. This role was filled by his brother [[Luigi (film character)|Luigi]], portrayed by [[John Leguizamo]]. He retired from acting in 2012 due to Parkinson's Disease | '''[[Wikipedia:Bob Hoskins|Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr.]]''' (born October 26, 1942 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk – died April 29, 2014) was an Academy Award-nominated English actor. He portrayed the live-action version of [[Mario (film character)|Mario]] seen in the movie ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'', which was released in 1993. Despite portraying Mario, he was not the lead protagonist of the film. This role was filled by his brother [[Luigi (film character)|Luigi]], portrayed by [[John Leguizamo]]. He retired from acting in 2012 due to Parkinson's Disease and died of pneumonia in 2014, at the age of 71. | ||
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