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TIL: During filming of the Super Mario Bros. movie in 1992 Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo were so frustrated with the film’s lack of direction that they swilled scotch in between takes, leading to an on-set accident in which Leguizamo drunkenly crashed a truck and Hoskins broke his hand.

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