10 Actors Who Knew The Movie Was Doomed On Day 1
8. Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo & Dennis Hopper - Super Mario Bros.
1993's Super Mario Bros. may endure almost 30 years later as a bewildering cult classic, but make no mistake: it was a major failure upon release.
Demolished by critics and fans alike for its script and deviations from the video game source material, it was a critical flop and abysmal box office disaster.
It won't surprise anyone who's seen the film to learn that the movie's production was abject chaos. In his 2007 autobiography, co-star John Leguizamo, who plays Luigi in the film, revealed that he and Bob Hoskins (who played Mario) were fully aware they were in a trainwreck, and would regularly get drunk on set just to make it through the day's shoot.
Dennis Hopper, who played villain King Koopa (aka Bowser), similarly had no illusions as to what he was putting himself through, and in a 2008 interview with Conan O'Brien revealed that even his own son ripped him to shreds over his choice of role:
"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.'
Amazing.