Summary of Cary Elwes & Joe Layden's As You Wish

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#1 I was offered the role of Westley in The Princess Bride, a character created in a renowned novel that had long been considered incapable of being adapted for the screen. I had read the book and loved it.

#2 I was approached to play the role of Westley in The Princess Bride, a role that was originally written for a British actor. I was not used to this level of interest, and no director had ever come to visit me on location before.

#3 The script for The Princess Bride was written by Goldman, and he had declared it to be his favorite among those he had written. However, the project seemed destined to languish in what is commonly known in the business as Development Hell – meaning it had been passed around the studios a lot with all of them unable to get it made.

#4 Rob Reiner’s career was on a clear upward trajectory by this point. He’d proven himself to be an A-list director with a deft ability to meld genres with his work on The Sure Thing and especially This Is Spinal Tap, released in 1984. He was given carte blanche to choose his next project.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 2, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822564220

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was offered the role of Westley in The Princess Bride, a character created in a renowned novel that had long been considered incapable of being adapted for the screen. I had read the book and loved it.

#2

I was approached to play the role of Westley in The Princess Bride, a role that was originally written for a British actor. I was not used to this level of interest, and no director had ever come to visit me on location before.

#3

The script for The Princess Bride was written by Goldman, and he had declared it to be his favorite among those he had written. However, the project seemed destined to languish in what is commonly known in the business as Development Hell – meaning it had been passed around the studios a lot with all of them unable to get it made.

#4

Rob Reiner’s career was on a clear upward trajectory by this point. He’d proven himself to be an A-list director with a deft ability to meld genres with his work on The Sure Thing and especially This Is Spinal Tap, released in 1984. He was given carte blanche to choose his next project.

#5

The author, Rob, was the right person to direct the film. He had been a huge fan of the novel, and he had supreme confidence in his ability to blend all the different genres that filled its pages.

#6

Rob Reiner was able to release his films the way he wanted them to look, as he had final cut in the editing rooms. He was able to do this because he was a young auteur with nearly complete artistic control over his projects.

#7

I had been a huge fan of Goldman’s from the first book he ever wrote, The Temple of Gold, and then Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow. I had read literally every book he had ever written. He