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{{LLQuote|The | {{LLQuote|The best thing I ever did? Super Mario Brothers. It was a dream come true. Ever since I was a little bambino, I've wanted to play a character who wears a red hat, and now I get to live my fantasies. I give this movie two plates of spaghetti on a scale of one to two, and go check out the sequel. It's called Ice Age.|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. Although Hoskins had performed many dramatic roles, he is arguably best known for the character of Eddie Valiant in the Disney film ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit?''. He portrayed the live-action version of [[Mario (film character)|Mario]] in the 1993 movie ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'', which Hoskins regretted working on<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jun/18/bob-hoskins-interview-neverland Q&A: Bob Hoskins] ''The Guardian''. Retrieved (June 17, 2011) </ref>. He | '''[[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. Although Hoskins had performed many dramatic roles, he is arguably best known for the character of Eddie Valiant in the Disney film ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit?''. He portrayed the live-action version of [[Mario (film character)|Mario]] in the 1993 movie ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'', which Hoskins regretted working on<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jun/18/bob-hoskins-interview-neverland Q&A: Bob Hoskins] ''The Guardian''. Retrieved (June 17, 2011) </ref>. He died of pneumonia in August 2012 due to Parkinson's Disease (having been diagnosed with the disease in 2011) and retired from acting 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. Although Hoskins had performed many dramatic roles, he is arguably best known for the character of Eddie Valiant in the Disney film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. He portrayed the live-action version of Mario in the 1993 movie Super Mario Bros., which Hoskins regretted working on[1]. He died of pneumonia in August 2012 due to Parkinson's Disease (having been diagnosed with the disease in 2011) and retired from acting on April 29, 2014, at the age of 71.
References
- ^ Q&A: Bob Hoskins The Guardian. Retrieved (June 17, 2011)
