There are three things I love about Cary Elwes. The first is that he met his wife at a chilli cook-off in Malibu. The second is that he got into a heated battle with Ted Cruz, who is a huge Princess Bride fan, and went Dread Pirate Roberts on his ass by raising $4m for Wisconsin Democrats. And the third is that, in an act of patriarchal self-mockery, he played Ebenezer Scrooge, a character based on John Elwes, one of Cary’s ancestors from the 18th century, and a legendary miser.
