Elwes was fresh of the period piece, Lady Jane (which I also LOVE, PS!), and a relative unknown, but Reiner really believed in him and he was cast along with an assortment of veteran actors and relative unknowns. After selling the rights, it took a while to get the movie off the ground before Rob Reiner finally got things going and casting began. As a result, the book meant quite a lot for him and was actually something of a passion project. William Goldman, the author of Princess Bride, was a respected writer of screenplays in Hollywood and started his story of Wesley and Buttercup as a story for his kids.
Elwes also gets personal and shares what being in The Princess Bride meant for his career and identity. This book, by Cary Elwes, who played Wesley goes through the chronological history of The Princess Bride as a concept, to a screenplay, to a movie, and the effect it has had on generations of filmgoers. Instead, I watched it for the first time as a freshman in college, and I LOVED it! I am glad I came to it later than a lot of my friends because some of the subtle humor is really best observed by older teens or adults. I have no idea why that never happened but it didn’t.
I vaguely remember my 4th grade best friend, Katy, raving about it and arranging for me to watch it at her house. Unlike most of my peers, I didn’t grow up watching The Princess Bride as a kid.
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