Editing Dennis Hopper

{{quote2|I made a picture called Super Mario Bros., and my six-year-old son at the time — he’s now 18 — he said, 'Dad, I think you’re probably a pretty good actor, but why did you play that terrible guy King Koopa in Super Mario Bros.?' and I said, 'Well Henry, I did that so you could have shoes,' and he said, 'Dad, I don’t need shoes that badly.|[[Dennis Hopper]]|''Late Night with Conan O’Brien'' (2008)}}
[[File:Dennis_hopper.jpg|thumb|Dennis Hopper as [[President Koopa]]]]
'''[[Wikipedia:Dennis Hopper|Dennis Lee Hopper]]''' (May 17, 1936 &ndash; May 29, 2010) was an American actor and filmmaker who portrayed [[President Koopa]] in the live-action [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]], which was released in 1993. Since his immortalized role as Frank Booth in the Oscar-nominated ''Blue Velvet'', he made a steady career of playing villains. He has acted as the antagonist in a number of other films in addition to his role as the Koopa King. He died on May 29, 2010 at the age of 74. A few months later in August, the ''Super Mario Bros.'' film was re-released on DVD in commemoration of him.
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+{{quote2|I made a picture called Super Mario Bros., and my six-year-old son at the time — he’s now 18 — he said, 'Dad, I think you’re probably a pretty good actor, but why did you play that terrible guy King Koopa in Super Mario Bros.?' and I said, 'Well Henry, I did that so you could have shoes,' and he said, 'Dad, I don’t need shoes that badly.|[[Dennis Hopper]]|''Late Night with Conan O’Brien'' (2008)}}
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+'''[[Wikipedia:Dennis Hopper|Dennis Lee Hopper]]''' (May 17, 1936 &ndash; May 29, 2010) was an American actor and filmmaker who portrayed [[President Koopa]] in the live-action [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]], which was released in 1993. Since his immortalized role as Frank Booth in the Oscar-nominated ''Blue Velvet'', he made a steady career of playing villains. He has acted as the antagonist in a number of other films in addition to his role as the Koopa King. He died on May 29, 2010 at the age of 74. A few months later in August, the ''Super Mario Bros.'' film was re-released on DVD in commemoration of him.
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-{{quote|I made a picture called Super Mario Bros., and my six-year-old son at the time — he’s now 18 — he said, 'Dad, I think you’re probably a pretty good actor, but why did you play that terrible guy King Koopa in Super Mario Bros.?' and I said, 'Well Henry, I did that so you could have shoes,' and he said, 'Dad, I don’t need shoes that badly.|[[Dennis Hopper]]|''Late Night with Conan O’Brien'' (2008)}}
-'''{{wp|Dennis Hopper|Dennis Lee Hopper}}''' (May 17, 1936 &ndash; May 29, 2010) was an American actor and filmmaker who portrayed [[President Koopa]] in the live-action 1993 [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]]. He had spoken unfavorably of the film after its release. Since his immortalized role as Frank Booth in the Oscar-nominated ''{{wp|Blue Velvet}}'', he made a steady career of playing villains in films such as ''{{wp|Speed (1994 film)|Speed}}'', ''{{wp|Waterworld}}'' and the aforementioned ''Super Mario Bros.'' film. Other notable works include ''{{wp|Hoosiers (film)|Hoosier}}'' and ''{{wp|Apocalypse Now}}''. He died on May 29, 2010 at the age of 74. A few months later, in August 2010, the ''Super Mario Bros.'' film was re-released on DVD in commemoration of him.
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