18 Interesting Facts About Bob Hoskins

1. #002

   In his early years before acting, Hoskins held many unusual jobs, among them tending camels in Syria and later packing fruit on a kibbutz in Israel.

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2. #003

   Hoskins claimed he never took an acting lesson in his life and believed he had an "all natural" talent.

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3. #005

   On 8 August 2012, Hoskins announced his retirement from acting after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in the autumn of 2011.

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4. #007

   Hoskins portrayed four Second World War leaders on film: Nikita Khrushchev in Enemy at the Gates (2001), Winston Churchill in World War II: When Lions Roared (1994), Benito Mussolini in Mussolini and I (1985) and Lavrentiy Beria in The Inner Circle (1991).

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5. #009

   Before discovering acting, Hoskins worked as a porter, a truck driver and a window cleaner.

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6. #010

   Hoskins was the only child of an accountant and a nursery school teacher.

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7. #011

   Hoskins was cremated at Highgate's Harrison Funeral Home without a funeral or memorial service; his ashes were later buried in Highgate West Cemetery.

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8. #013

   Hoskins was a friend of the actor and gangster John Bindon and gave a character reference for him at the Old Bailey murder trial; Bindon was acquitted.

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9. #014

   Hoskins turned down the role of Harry Lyme in Home Alone (1990).

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10. #018

    Hoskins spent several seasons at the Royal National Theatre and the Old Vic in London, appearing in works ranging from Shakespeare to Chekhov and Shaw.

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11. #025

    Bob Hoskins turned down the role of Ralph in Romancing the Stone (1984), which went to Danny DeVito.

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12. #027

    The obituary in The Guardian was written by Helen Mirren, who had appeared with him in The Long Good Friday (1980) and Last Orders (2001).

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13. #029

    In 1986, Bob Hoskins signed on to play Al Capone in The Untouchables, but then director Brian De Palma decided to sign Robert De Niro instead, which led Paramount to pay Bob £130,000 for doing nothing.

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14. #030

    In 1983, Hoskins's voice was used in a Weetabix commercial, and in the late 1980s and early 1990s he appeared in commercials for the recently privatised British Gas and British Telecom (now BT Group).

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15. #036

    Bob Hoskins appears in the music video for Jamie T's song "Sheila".

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16. #041

    While filming Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Bob Hoskins had to perform for months by imagining the cartoon characters in his mind. After the film was completed, he was still hallucinating the characters, which was driving him crazy. He took a year off from acting.

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17. #042

    Bob Hoskins was born on exactly the same date as Chelcie Ross.

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18. #043

    Bob Hoskins has two children, named Jack and Rosa.

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