10 Hilarious Behind The Scenes Facts About The Worst Movies Ever
Where did it all go wrong?
Sometimes movies are so bad they leave us feeling sad and disappointed, having gotten ourselves hyped up for a bloated, unsatisfying mess. But then there are movies that transcend that, and are so awful they actually become highly entertaining, full of bad acting, bad special effects and totally baffling creative choices on every level.
With those movies, like The Room, Birdemic and Troll 2, viewers are left with so many questions by the time the credits roll, the primary one being "how did this happen?" It's one thing for a film to just be poorly written, but it's another for the director to weirdly decorate the set with framed pictures of spoons - an actual thing that can be said about The Room.
For a lot of these "so bad they're good" films, researching the behind the scenes can be just as entertaining as the viewing experience itself. Did you know the famous "Oh hi Mark" scene from The Room took Tommy Wiseau 32 takes? Or that director James Nguyen tried to get Birdemic: Shock and Terror into Sundance, and while promoting the film he misspelled the title on several occasions?
Information like this only helps add to the appreciation of these constantly perplexing cinematic train wrecks. Here are 10 hilarious behind the scenes facts about the worst movies ever made.
10. The Cast Of Super Mario Bros. Were Constantly Getting Drunk
Here's a fun image for you: Mario and Luigi getting drunk for days on end to dull the horrible, horrible pain. That's exactly what happened on the set of the Super Mario Bros. movie, the earliest introduction to the fact that perhaps making a film based on something with little to no plot is not a great idea.
Released in 1993, Super Mario Bros. was the first movie to be based on a video game, although it really has barely anything to do with the original Nintendo product. Sure, it opens with the classic theme tune and features the two famous plumbers, but then the plot revolves around an alternate dimension where dinosaurs never went extinct. Just like the game, right?
Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo absolutely hated the process of making this film, and in fact Hoskins accepted the role without even realizing it was based on a video game. In his autobiography, Leguizamo states that he and Hoskins were constantly getting drunk on set to get through their terrible scenes. Later, Hoskins would publicly state that this was the worst thing he ever did in his career. "The whole experience was a nightmare," he said.
The movie may be bad, but hey, Hoskins and Leguizamo made the best of it, and the image of Mario and Luigi goofing off and getting wasted is way funnier than anything in the actual film.