Giovanni Leguizzamo offers a more fascinating insight into crazy 1993 Super Mario Bros. films in which he starred. The actor played Luigi in the film together Bob Hoskins as Mario, and we’ve heard a lot of crazy stories about the making of this movie.
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As you know, the original Mario Bros. movie was a much darker take on the story than fans expected, and Disney certainly wasn’t happy about it. During an interview with GQ, Leguizamo shared something I’ve never heard before, which is that the filmmakers cast real strippers in the film!
“[The directors] he had this dark, dark vision that Disney didn’t agree with, so there was this whole ass that was amazing. That party scene? Those were all strippers from North Carolina that they put on set and dressed them up in the most revealing outfits and costumes.
The actor added, “Disney wasn’t happy. They had to cut a lot of it, shut it down, CGI with whatever bad tech they had in the past.
The 1993 live-action film was directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, and their careers crashed and burned even before their film was released due to how nightmarish a production this project was. There are many different factors that contributed to the film’s failures, but a lot of the blame lies with the filmmakers. This is just another wild story to add to the list.
The movie was so disliked that Nintendo blocked any other attempts to make movies based on their properties until recently with The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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