Bob Hoskins -RIP

knucklehead6 · 30-04-2014 01:29PM #1

Just heard that Bob Hoskins has passed away of pneumonia

FutureGuy · 30-04-2014 01:30PM

Sad to see he passed away at age 71

Amalgam · 30-04-2014 01:31PM

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-04-30/bob-hoskins-has-died-aged-71/

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27224995

Jonny Blaze · 30-04-2014 01:32PM

Aw.. Not mario..

RIP Bob.

Sparks43 · 30-04-2014 01:32PM

It's good to talk

RIP Bob

30-04-2014 01:34PM

It's one of the few times that I felt actually saddened by an actor's death.

RIP.

danniemcq · 30-04-2014 01:36PM

threads merged

Speak Now · 30-04-2014 01:36PM

I Used to get himself and Danny DeVito mixed up, RIP Bob.

Lenin Skynard · 30-04-2014 01:38PM

Yes he was like a taller, lesser-known Danny DeVito. RIP.

Gatling · 30-04-2014 01:38PM

Sad to hear ,

Rip

Molester Stallone · 30-04-2014 01:38PM

A Prayer for the Dying & Roger Rabbit were 2 of my faves, he will be missd

Birneybau · 30-04-2014 01:40PM

Yeah, great in Roger Rabbit alright.

Really good in Shane Meadows' "Twenty Four Seven" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Four_Seven_(film)

dublinman1990 · 30-04-2014 01:46PM

That is very sad to hear about his passing.

My favourite film I saw in him in was the inspector in Rodger Rabbit.

There is another movie from the 80's that I had seen that was repeated on RTE 1 a few years ago starring Cher named Mermaids.

He did such a great job in that movie.

R.I.P Bob Hoskins.

wil · 30-04-2014 01:47PM

RIP - a great actor

- The Long Good Friday - a favourite - that final scene

spoiler if you haven't, go watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVVrZJaN1IU

"No one's heard nothing? That just ain't natural. It's like one of them silent, deadly farts. No clue, and then pow, you go cross-eyed. "

The Narrator · 30-04-2014 01:47PM

Fantastic actor, will be missed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv6dWhBlsoM

Yamanoto · 30-04-2014 01:59PM

I first saw him as the sheet music salesman in Dennis Potters 'Pennies from Heaven'.

I know he'd suffered from Parkinsons these past few years, but that's sad news indeed.

RIP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q31Y-TQe0Ak

Dolbert · 30-04-2014 02:07PM

RIP Bob.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-L7Cadb-c0

TheBody · 30-04-2014 02:11PM

A true legend. RIP

carolinespring · 30-04-2014 02:15PM

RIP. Sod sad to hear that Bob passed away

AlekSmart · 30-04-2014 02:16PM

The Long Good Friday- One of the great underated films...good storyline,directing,acting...a complete all round GOOD fillum.

Kinda like Bob Hoskins career...always up there with good steady performances...RIP Bob...:(

wil · 30-04-2014 03:51PM

Other notable films
Mona Lisa
Brazil
Last Orders

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

Yes he was like a taller, lesser-known Danny DeVito. RIP.

or a rounder Michael Kane.

quoting himself

"Most dictators were short, fat, middle-aged and hairless. Besides Danny DeVito, there's only me to play them".

[on the acting profession] "I came into this business uneducated, dyslexic, 5ft 6in, cubic, with a face like a squashed cabbage and they welcomed me with open arms."

On Mario
"The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Bros. (1993). It was a f**kin' nightmare. The whole experience was a nightmare. It had a husband-and-wife team directing, whose arrogance had been mistaken for talent. After so many weeks, their own agent told them to get off the set! F**kin' nightmare. F**kin' idiots"

"Family's all I've got. I've got money, yeah, but it's my family that I care about."

[in his last-ever interview in August 2012] "My greatest pleasure in life is a completely appointment-less day with nothing to do. It means I can read a book, listen to the radio and do exactly as I wish. If you are going to do a film properly you have to give yourself completely to it. You can't slip in and slip out again. You give it the business. My diary now is free, completely free. That's the way I like it. I only do what I want to do."

slave1 · 30-04-2014 04:38PM

Very sad and not a nice last few years for him, sad indeed...

kowloon · 30-04-2014 04:46PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=381Di8Cw0-I

Santa Cruz · 30-04-2014 05:01PM

Very good in Taxi

blue note · 30-04-2014 05:03PM

Quite young, very sad to hear.

Are people forgetting hook? One of my favourite childhood films.

Missyelliot2 · 30-04-2014 05:05PM

Loved 'Who framed Roger Rabbit?'
RIP

John Cherry · 30-04-2014 05:07PM

Very sad news to hear.

Loved him in Hollywoodland,Hook and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

RIP.

Darkglasses · 30-04-2014 05:10PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Yeah, great in Roger Rabbit alright.

Really good in Shane Meadows' "Twenty Four Seven" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Four_Seven_(film)

Loved him in Twenty Four Seven, terrific story and well acted. He was in Spiceworld that same year, how's that for versatility.

RIP Bob, wonderful actor and seemed like an absolute gentleman.

“I came into this business uneducated, dyslexic, 5ft 6in, cubic, with a face like a squashed cabbage and they welcomed me with open arms.”