In Memory of Bob Hoskins (1942-2014)

Bob Hoskins (1942-2014)


Sorry to delay the mutant

marathon of the X-Men.

The British actor Bob

Hoskins, known for

many of his movie roles as Eddie Valiant in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and Mario in the infamous "Super Mario Bros", passed away of pneumonia on April 29th, 2014, at 71 years old. Hoskins was born on the Southern English border of Suffolk, and at that time, he was two weeks old when he left his birthplace with his parents when the war bombing occurred in London. Bob was 15 when quitting school and began odd jobs, including performing in a circus. In his love for theatre, Hoskins's career was only started by accident when he had only seen auditions with a mate and was then given a script by one director and told: "You're next."

This mistake would later get his career full-on in theatre plays and television. Later, he went to the cinema in 1975, receiving supporting roles. In 1980, it got him the attention that his career going up was building to fame in one of his roles in a movie called "The Long Good Friday". He is also famous for portraying characters in worthy films, such as "The Cotton Club" and "Brazil". Bob gets nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in "Mona Lisa". 1988 saw Bob as he went to Disney and got cast in a leading role by Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg in their new motion picture. The movie of its story would be about a cop teamed up with a toon supposedly wanted for murder entitled "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". The pride of this recognition earned him the chance to be a national star for playing once in Roger Rabbit as the cartoon-hating detective Eddie. His other prolific roles include "Mermaids" with Cher, "Hook", "Nixon", "The Inner Circle", "Enemy at the Gates", "Vanity Fair", and a voice role in "Balto". In 1993, he gained infamy from video gamers for being miscast as Mario in the underwhelming "Super Mario Bros" with John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper. The film got squeezed to the point of financial ruin, and Bob grew to despise the adaptation. In later years, Bob made his last credit to "Snow White and the Huntsman", playing one of the dwarfs. After this, health took its toll on Bob when suffering from Parkinson's, which settled him into a two-year retirement.

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