The monstrous creature is portrayed by their corgi, plumped by a neck pillow. Newlyweds Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner gender-swapped their characters, with him sporting a gown and blonde wig as the princess and her wearing the mask as Westley’s disguised Man in Black as they struggle to escape the Fire Swamp and its infestation of ROUSes (Rodents of Unusual Size). “And the opening line is about shining your horse’s saddle, and they use their dog for the horse.” “ Chris Pine and Annabelle Wallis are the first Buttercup and Westley,” Reitman said. Many performers also brought their pets into the action. “ Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, his husband, went as Westley and Inigo Montoya for Halloween one year, so they have an incredible Man in Black costume that they looked for in storage.” When the time came to shoot, Burtka decided to play Buttercup opposite Harris’s Westley instead. “ Sam Rockwell and Leslie Bibb did a scene, and when they do Westley and Buttercup rolling down the hill, they just filled trash bags, put their clothes on them, and threw them down a stairway,” Reitman said. While most of the actors shot their parts separately in quarantine, Reitman sought real-life couples living together for the romantic scenes, so they could appear in the same frame and provide some interaction and chemistry. (“He’s wearing a dim sum steamer as his crown,” Reitman noted.) Later we see Hugh Jackman as the villainous Humperdinck.
He also had to get the blessing of three other stakeholders: producer Norman Lear, who controls the rights to The Princess Bride the estate of William Goldman, who wrote the novel that inspired it along with the screenplay and musician and composer Mark Knopfler, whose score is recreated in the new footage by other artists.Īs the clip above transitions to the fantasy kingdom, we see Common playing the role of the heroic Westley (originated by Cary Elwes) while Tiffany Haddish portrays Princess Buttercup (first played by Robin Wright). Reitman shot a proof of concept by performing the grandfather scene with his own daughter. Reiner confessed that he said yes even though he wasn’t entirely sure what Reitman had in mind when he proposed the idea. “If you already know the movie, that’s what makes it fun. “I wouldn’t think this is the best way to introduce someone to the film,” Reiner joked-but he isn’t worried about the handmade version overshadowing the original. It seems to have stood the test of time,” Reiner said. And the biggest kick I get out of it is that kids who saw it when they were eight or nine years old have kids that age now, and they’re seeing it and liking it. “What’s nice about it is that I made a film that’s lasted so long.
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