Michael Keaton and Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected this video game

In 1993, “Super Mario Bruce.” It has become the first direct feature film to depend on a video game. Things were not well. The budget is somewhere to the south from 50 million dollars, “Super Mario Bruce.” A small amount of $ 20 million In the United States, its performance was bad abroad. Its failure was basically a reality given the turmoil that occurred behind the scenes that found directors Annabel Janel and Rocky Morton were prevented from entering the editorial room for a short period, but the film itself was a kind of Hollywood disaster that it was strange to ignore. The production design was amazing, the effects of creatures were innovative, and the selection of actors was completely strange. Bob Hoskins in the role of Mario faces Dennis Huber in the role of King Cuba? This may not seem strange today, but at that time it was strange to see the respected actors retreat as many considered a glorious advertising piece.

As an excited player at the time, I I found it strange. Yes, I was obsessed with overcoming “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” on my SEGA Genesis, however, as a specialist in theater in my first university year, I never stopped thinking about the splendor of watching Sonic and Tails collection for two hours. The same applies to the game Mario-Verse from Nintendo. In theory, I could see how Princess Beach could be a basic material for a feature film, but I did not play the game for the story. I played it in order to win the game. (And do not do study duties.)

My tone could have changed if Jeffrey Katzenburg kicks the door of my room in my dwelling and threw a million dollars on my unprotected bed while I was busy hitting some fool in “NHLPA HOCKEY ’93 on EA. For this money, I would have been dealing with “Super Mario Bros.” As if it were “war and peace”. But if you are He did so You need money, why am I trouble? It is clear that some of the largest Hollywood actors were thinking about the same when they were offered millions of dollars to play the starring role in the movie.

According to the Los Angeles Times in 1992 after death After bombing the movie “Super Mario Bros.”, Disney had a list of very ambitious wishes throughout the film’s development period. Early, she focused on Danny Devito to play the role of Mario, and tried to improve the deal by showing the director’s chair. He refused. At some point, Tom Hanks became associated with playing Luigi’s role, but the studio moved after the star achieved some serious box office disorders in 1990 with “Joe Versus The Volcano” and “Bonfire of the Vanits” (which, starting from their production dates ). , Hanks is likely to be released to appear in the movie “Sleeples in Seattle”).

The studio was aimed at achieving the same height when it came to the Kooopa ​​part. They only approached Arnold Schwarzenegger to play the role of archenemy Mario and Luigi, who at that time had starred in the leading movie/science fiction movie “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”. Austrian oak has passed, although it is difficult to say that he chose wisely by choosing it “Last Action Hero” failed (Which led to the revenue of the box office in 1993 from the movie “Super Mario Bros.” with regard to the entertainment industry reports). Disney also achieved the availability of Michael Keaton, but the star of “Batman” and “Batman Returns” was not looking for a double concession.

Choose any of the aforementioned stars (especially Schwarzenegger and Kiton at that moment) in the movie “Super Mario Bros”. Perhaps it could have raised the production budget by $ 15 million to $ 20 million, making the film a failure throughout the ages. Instead, it is a strange curiosity, and it is so restricted a cinematography that you want to fight for him.