Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
Mario's chief nemesis spits out flame balls when Ralph announces his desire to be a good guy. But convincing Nintendo to sign off on his appearance wasn't easy.
"At one point, [Nintendo] said, 'Bowser's much bigger than that. He's way bigger than Zangief.' We were like, 'Okay, we'll make him bigger. How's that?' They'd say, 'Yes, that’s good -- but he wouldn’t drink his coffee like that. He wouldn’t make that mouth.'," ...
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Mario's chief nemesis spits out flame balls when Ralph announces his desire to be a good guy. But convincing Nintendo to sign off on his appearance wasn't easy.
"At one point, [Nintendo] said, 'Bowser's much bigger than that. He's way bigger than Zangief.' We were like, 'Okay, we'll make him bigger. How's that?' They'd say, 'Yes, that’s good -- but he wouldn’t drink his coffee like that. He wouldn’t make that mouth.'," Rich Moore, the film's director,
told IGN. "But I think that stuff really helped. I looked back on our original animation before the Nintendo notes, and it was like, 'You know, he does look more like Bowser now.'"
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