John Leguizamo Boycotts 'Super Mario Bros.' Film Over Lack of Inclusion and Representation

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The directors of the 1993 "Super Mario Bros." movie, Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, recently watched their film for the first time in 30 years and were surprised to find a passionate cult following. The movie, which starred Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo, was a box office bomb and landed on various "Worst Movies of All Time" lists. However, a recent midnight screening held at Quentin Tarantino's New Beverly Cinema "washed away the stain." The directors take "full responsibility" for the film's failure and regret not having a relationship with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto.
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