Patreon Preview: The Princess Bride
Beyond the Screenplay
Michael Tucker
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🗓️ 24 April 2026
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From of our patron-exclusive episode on The Princess Bride. Listen to the full episode over on the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-princess-155569899
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| 0:00.0 | I think that Rob Reiner in the direction here seems to have a crystal clear vision of how to make the tone of this work. |
| 0:07.8 | And it should not. |
| 0:09.7 | Like, the parts are so disparate that it feels like it should not work in any way. |
| 0:14.3 | You know, the casting of Wallace Sean, I can't praise enough. |
| 0:21.0 | It's just an iconic performance for Vasini. |
| 0:25.1 | And like it's pure goofy, right? |
| 0:28.2 | It's just like pure goofball. |
| 0:29.7 | Everything he says, his delivery, it's just like a straight comedic character. |
| 0:34.6 | There's nothing super really menacing about him. |
| 0:37.2 | He's just kind of this, |
| 0:38.2 | like, you know, annoying, a comic relief kind of type character all the way up until his |
| 0:44.7 | very hilarious death. But like, for some reason, that in a scene with somebody like |
| 0:51.9 | Mandy Patinkin's character who feels like he's playing it in the middle a little bit. |
| 0:56.5 | Andre the Giant, who is unintelligible, |
| 0:59.8 | but has such presence. |
| 1:04.1 | So many of his lines. |
| 1:05.3 | Everybody want to beat up. |
| 1:08.2 | I was reading the four-word to the 25th anniversary edition of the Princess Bride book today. |
| 1:17.5 | So take what I'm about to say with a grade of salt because it could be a part of Bill Goldman committing to the bit. |
| 1:22.3 | And it might not be reality at all. |
| 1:24.3 | However, he was talking about being on the set of the movie The Princess Bride |
| 1:28.0 | and just spending so much time with Andre the Giant and how lovely he was. And like, |
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