Actor Bob Hoskins Dies

crotchpuncha · May 2, 2014, 6:04am

I like the SMB movie, but mainlybecause its super cheesy.

Bious · May 2, 2014, 7:14am

Spirit_Juice:

The_Damned:

(I honestly even forgot he was in the Super Luigi Bros. movie. Then again, like most people, I’ve kinda blocked out that movie’s existence from my head for the most part.)

Well…this sucks. [/understatement]

I’d been thinking about Who Framed Roger Rabbit? rather recently too, though for some reason his name didn’t immediately bring that or anything else to mind. I wasn’t aware that he had Parkinson’s (considering I don’t follow any celebrity). That’s unfortunate.

It makes me wonder how Michael J. Fox’s health is doing even though he’s a younger guy…

Regardless, may Hoskins rest in peace.

To be fair, Hoskins died to pneumonia, which is fairly common for the elderly. Not sure exactly how he got pneumonia though.

Taito:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/06/21/bob-hoskins-hates-super-mario-bros

The Guardian: What is the worst job you’ve done?
Bob Hoskins: Super Mario Bros.
The Guardian: What has been your biggest disappointment?
Bob Hoskins: Super Mario Bros.
The Guardian: If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Bob Hoskins: I wouldn’t do Super Mario Bros.

Great actor though, RIP.

It’s okay, Bob, we understand. In a related story, there was an interview or story about Dennis Hopper talking to his son. Hopper’s son asked why Hopper was in such a horrible movie like Super Mario Bros., and Hopper replied to his son that he did it to put shoes on the boy’s feet.

Funny thing is his son said he didn’t need shoes THAT badly.

The_Damned · May 2, 2014, 7:39am

(Hey, I’m not trying to “hex” Mr. Fox or anything, not that I could even if for some reason wanted to.)

I’m just curious now. I vaguely remember hearing that he was he better health than he had been for a while just a couple of years ago, but considering he’s basically the (celebrity) face of Parkinson’s…yeah.

Oh, I’m aware that he died of pneumonia, given that’s been clearly stated in all the reports about this unfortunate (if inevitable) event. I was merely stating that I was unaware that he had Parkinson’s at all.

For the record, I was also unaware that he was British, but I didn’t want to put that in the same sentence since I said “that’s unfortunate” at the end of it and I didn’t want to seem like it was his being stealth-British that was unfortunate.