The British magazine
Sci-Fi Now recently published an interview with Rocky Morton, co-director of
the Super Mario Bros. movie. Rocky, who shared directing duties with Annabel Jankel, answered questions and provided insights into the difficulties behind the scenes.
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"Danny De Vito turned us down"
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"We were with CAA, the agency, and our agent set over the script for Super Mario Bros. and I read it and I hated it, but I sort of loved the concept for it. I said to Annabel, I said, ‘This script is terrible but I think this could be our Batman!’"
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"I had to stand by with the new script, obviously, and tell them that it was great when I knew it wasn’t."
These, and many more exciting bits of trivia, can be found over at
Sci-Fi Now!
Link:
Sci-Fi Now: Super Mario Bros.'s Rocky Morton: 'It was a harrowing experience' - Director Rocky Morton had the worst time making Super Mario Bros.