Random Movie Trivia - The Princess Bride

Here is the next edition in our weekly Random Movie Trivia post.  Enjoy:

The Princess Bride

• Director Rob Reiner had to leave the set during Billy Crystal's scenes because he laughed so hard that he felt nauseated.  In fact, Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya) claimed the only injury he suffered during filming was bruised ribs due to laughing so hard at Billy Crystal.
• During filming, Andre the Giant was suffering severe back problems and even though his character had super-human strength, he never actually lifted anything heavy and ropes had to be used to prevent him any pain.
• In the scene where Count Rugen (Christopher Guest), aka The Six-Fingered Man, hits Westley (Cary Elwes) over the head, Elwes told him to really hit him.  However, when Guest really hit him, they had to shut down production for a day because Elwes ended up in the hospital.
• The movie is based off the book by William Goldman and when he first tried getting it made into a movie, he wanted Arnold Schwarzenegger to play the part of Fezzik.  When the movie was finally made, Arnold was too big of a star and too expensive to cast.
• During the scene where Princess Buttercup's dress catches on fire in the Fire Swamp, writer William Goldman got so caught up by the scene that he yelled out "Her dress is on fire!" which ruined the take.
• The giant rats in the Fire Swamp were actually actors in "rat suits".  On the day that Westley was supposed to battle the giant rats, one of the actors playing a rat got arrested for speeding and had to be bailed out of jail so they could start filming.
• The baseball video game that Fred Savage is playing at the beginning was Hardball.  Remember that one?  Also, Fred Savage had a poster of William "The Refrigerator" Perry on his wall.  That guy was awesome.
• Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin performed all of the sword fighting themselves after a lot training and the only time a stunt double was used was for the elaborate flip in their big duel.
• There really was a "Dread Pirate Roberts" (Bartholomew Roberts, known as Black Bart) who roamed the seas in the 18th century and was considered the most successful pirate ever.
• Uma Thurman auditioned for the role of Buttercup.  Also, Whoopi Goldberg campaigned for the same role.  Ha.

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