Super Mario Bros. Movie Actress Was Asked to Sleep With a Snake

Fiona Shaw is about to make her Star Wars debut in Disney+ s Andor, and is famous for playing Aunt Petunia in the Harry Potter movies, one of Fiona Shaw s earliest film appearances came in 1993 s Super Mario Bros. as Lena, henchwoman to Dennis Hopper s Koopa. Shaw recounts a wild request from the filmmakers for her to take her character s pet snake to bed and looks back on the chaotic production of the cult classic video game adaptation.