It wasn't even close to a good movie at all

@@apollyon_616It was the king lear of cinema.

I suppose it depends what you consider good. I think for his part Bob did great being Mario. Similarly, though, Sir Alec Guinness thought the script of Star Wars was "rubbish" and yet his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi is his most iconic and widely recognized. Ewan will never come close, but in fairness that's a mighty big role to fill. Though maybe my bias is peeking through about a guy who left his faithful wife and their son to be with a young actress, and drives to simp-splain manhood to the world. I digress: there's a sort of contempt greats seem to have before doing a role they think of as beneath them. Another example is Randy Rhoads on covering for Ozzy's earlier work in Black Sabbath during the Diary of a Madman tour with Ozzy. He kind of resented doing Sabbath riffs because he thought they should move up and beyond, away from previous work. While in a sense I agree, I have to be honest that his cover of Children of the Grave is my favorite with his guitar solo.

@@apollyon_616 I think it is good as a Blockbuster movie, but terrible as a Mario movie.

The casting of Bob Hoskins as the title character was the only good thing about this movie, honestly. Even if the film (and filming) sucked, he was still great in the film.

I 💯 agree.

Probably sick of him turning down roles

​@@robmausserfor this particular project Bob almost turned this one down because he didn't want to do another children's movie, seeing as he had already done Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Hook.

Because of a big pay day, I'm sure

​@@robmausserWas Bob Hoskins famous for turning down roles?

Thats right. And thats why most the game based films were absolute crap back then. For films like that to work, EVERYONE from the producers to the directors to the actors have to be fans of the game and respect the art. Super Marios Bros the animated movie was so great, you can tell it was made by people who knew the games intimately