Dennis Hopper
“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, on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (2008)
Dennis Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor who portrayed King Koopa in the live-action Super Mario Bros. film, which was released in 1993. He has acted 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. Like Bob Hoskins, he has described the Super Mario Bros. as the worst film he has worked on.
