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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]}} | |||
'''[[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 on April 29, 2014, at the age of 71. | '''[[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 on April 29, 2014, at the age of 71. | ||
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Bob Hoskins in the Super Mario Bros. live-action film.
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 seen in the movie 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, portrayed by John Leguizamo. He retired from acting in 2012 due to Parkinson's Disease and died of pneumonia on April 29, 2014, at the age of 71.
