An entirely self-taught actor who played up his Cockney roots, Hoskins claimed to pick his projects while sitting on the toilet; if he was still intrigued by a script after its usefulness as bathroom reading was done, he’d take the part.
Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
10 years ago I would have agreed about Sean Connery but he's been out of the spotlight for so long and a lot of negative shit has come to light about him.
I'll still be sad, but not torn up like I would have been.
As long as Stan Lee holds a shard of the original Holy Grail (which we all know was shattered in Philadelphia during the war of 1812) no cool famous person is allowed to die.
In other news, I had no idea Gene Wilder was still alive! That's great news! I'm glad my theory is correct!
Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Sean Connery is rapidly heading down the same road Clint Eastwood's on these days, which is to say becoming less and less charming and personable, and more and more just some angry old arsehole.
Fun fact: There's no question mark in the title because Bob Zemeckis believed in an old superstition about films with question marks doing poorly at the box office
Terry Gilliam was offered the chance to direct, but he found the project too technically challenging. ("Pure laziness on my part," he later admitted, "I completely regret that decision.")
Can you imagine the pants on head madness if that had come to pass?
Terry Gilliam was offered the chance to direct, but he found the project too technically challenging. ("Pure laziness on my part," he later admitted, "I completely regret that decision.")
Can you imagine the pants on head madness if that had come to pass?
Eddie: (after discovering Roger in his bed) How the hell did you get in here?!
Roger: Through the mailslot! I thought it'd be best if I waited inside, seeing as how I'm wanted for murder!
Eddie: No kidding! Just talking to you could get me a rap for aiding and abetting. Wait a minute! Anybody know you're here?
Roger: Nobody. Not a soul, except, uh--
Eddie: Who?
Roger: Well, you see, I didn't know where your office was. So I asked the newsboy. He didn't know! So I asked the fireman, the green grocer, the butcher, the baker-- They didn't know! But the liquor store guy, he knew.
Terry Gilliam was offered the chance to direct, but he found the project too technically challenging. ("Pure laziness on my part," he later admitted, "I completely regret that decision.")
Can you imagine the pants on head madness if that had come to pass?
How about some of these actor choices:
For Eddie Valiant, they were supposedly considering: Eddie Murphy, Wallace Shawn, Chevy Chase, Ed Harris, and Harrison Ford. They also wanted Bill Murray but were unable to contact him (when he later found out about it, he said he would have done it).
For Judge Doom, they considered Christopher Lee but he turned them down. Tim Curry auditioned, but like when he auditioned for Joker in BtAS, they just thought he was too damn scary.
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
Tim Curry would have been soooooooooo scarrrrrrrrrrrrry.
Roger Rabbit has been in rotation on one of the HD movie channels, and it looks really good all cleaned up. Hopefully Hook will pop up on one of the channels, too, so I can watch that again as a grownup. What about Smee, indeed.
WuShock is the best
He is the very bestest
I wish I was him
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How I eat Turkey legs.
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Even now, if you told me that Smee and Eddie Valiant were played by the same person, I'd call you a liar for quite a while. He's just so different in both roles!
I have this constant problem with Hoskins, whereby it feels completely strange to me to think of him as a big-name, well-known celebrity. It's probably because my main association with him as a child was 'the guy from the BT adverts', and so it sort of developed the idea that he's just some gruff cockney who's happened into a couple of films. I recognise how completely wrong that is because I love the guy and his work, but it's a weird association that I've not been able to break.
That Roger reacts to the photos of literal patty cake as if it were figurative patty cake is one of those great jokes I didn't get until I saw it as an adult.
That Roger reacts to the photos of literal patty cake as if it were figurative patty cake is one of those great jokes I didn't get until I saw it as an adult.
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Is this a figure of speech? I'm not familiar with it
Staring daggers at someone is that look you give someone when you want them to shut up but can't just tell them to shut up.
SHUT UP! YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH!
I'll still be sad, but not torn up like I would have been.
In other news, I had no idea Gene Wilder was still alive! That's great news! I'm glad my theory is correct!
I will be disappointed if the new robot overlords don't use his voice for intimidation purposes
This film is so good.
Mel Brooks is eighty-seven years old.
I'm Ron Burgundy?
Can you imagine the pants on head madness if that had come to pass?
As much as I love the BTTF trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit is definitely my favorite Zemeckis film
Well thank fuck for that
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Just record it ahead of time, no-one will disobey whatever he says they're doing.
Hey man, sometimes Patty Cake is just Patty Cake.
Eddie: You mean you could've taken your hand out of that cuff at any time?
Roger: No, not at any time. Only when it was funny.
How about some of these actor choices:
For Eddie Valiant, they were supposedly considering: Eddie Murphy, Wallace Shawn, Chevy Chase, Ed Harris, and Harrison Ford. They also wanted Bill Murray but were unable to contact him (when he later found out about it, he said he would have done it).
For Judge Doom, they considered Christopher Lee but he turned them down. Tim Curry auditioned, but like when he auditioned for Joker in BtAS, they just thought he was too damn scary.
Roger Rabbit has been in rotation on one of the HD movie channels, and it looks really good all cleaned up. Hopefully Hook will pop up on one of the channels, too, so I can watch that again as a grownup. What about Smee, indeed.
After seeing WFRR, I remember having my mind absolutely blown when I found out he was British.
That was the whole joke, wasn't it?
That the implied sex was, in fact, just them playing Patty Cake.
We can do that.
Haha, right?