Among the
new characters joining Amazon's "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" in its
third season are Cary Elwes as an "English prepared theater entertainer
who is exceptionally loaded with himself, so it's a genuine stretch for
me," Elwes deadpanned. "Such a from the period of Peter O'Toole and
Richard Burton."
Elwes can
likewise be found in the new Blumhouse change of the 1974 blood and gore film
"Black Christmas" as an educator at a school where individuals from a
sorority are pursued by a stalker in a dark shroud over winter break.
Things being
what they are, Elwes has an interesting association with Christmas stories:
He's identified with John Elwes, the man frequently credited as the motivation
for Ebenezer Scrooge.
“I found out
when I got hired to be in (2009’s) ‘A Christmas Carol,’” Elwes said, “so it was
one of those things where the research led me to find out that I was actually
related to Scrooge himself. He was an interesting figure, you can look him up,
he was a famous miser.”
Elwes
originally acquired wide notification playing an undeniably really charming
character, as Westley, the besotted helper turned-privateer in 1987's "The
Princess Bride" inverse Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn and
André the Giant.
His
profession since has hit numerous high focuses, however when gotten some
information about a most exceedingly terrible second Elwes alluded back to that
now-famous film.
“This story
is actually in my book and it’s the most cringe-worthy moment of my life.” The
book is “As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of ‘The Princess
Bride’” and the story concerns the time “I broke my left big toe while playing
around on Andre the Giant’s all-terrain vehicle.”
My Most Noticeable,
Terrible Second Mistake
“We were
shooting outside Sheffield in an area called the Peak District in England. And
André the Giant had been nagging me all day to play with his all-terrain
vehicle and telling me it was a great toy and taunting me at one point (laughs)
that I wasn’t worthy of it.
“So, we were waiting to do another set-up — for the scene where I confront Buttercup about Humperdinck and then she pushes me down the hill — and André’s zooming around. That’s the only way they could get him to the set, was buying the only all terrain vehicle (available in the area) because that’s how he got around on his farm in North Carolina.
He couldn’t easily fit into cars. He couldn’t fit into
anything — he was 7-foot-4 and 450 pounds, you know? And he would tear across
the countryside on this thing, ruining takes and everything. Just being a giant
and having fun.
“And so, I
got on this thing — and I’d never been on one before and I had no business
being on it — and I was going uphill and I went over a rock. And as I was going
to shift gears, my big toe got caught between the gear pedal and the rock and
bent the toe all the way backwards and snapped it.
"Snapped
it immediately. Broke it clean. Bent it all the way backwards so that it was
pointed in the other direction. Every pore in my body opened, it was
incredible. Just flop sweat coming out of every pore."
“And the
medic comes and there’s consternation — what to do? — and I realize that I’m
going to be fired because we were about a week into shooting (laughs) and I’m
supposed to be the world’s greatest fencer.
“It’s kind
of an action role besides the fencing. You can’t have a hopping Dread Pirate
Roberts, do you know what I mean? It’s not going to work. So I panic and I
thought I could just deal with the pain and hope to get it cured — I don’t know
what I was thinking actually, I really (laughs), to be frank, I was really
scared of being fired.
“When Rob (Reiner, the director) found out, he was upset that I hadn’t told him. I said, ‘I was afraid you’d fire me,' and he said something very sweet to me, he said: ‘Don’t be silly, Cary, I could I wouldn’t fire you — you’re the only person who could play Westley.’
And that really boosted my spirit. And he said, ‘Can you walk?’ And I said, ‘Yes.’ And he said, ‘Can you run?’ And I said, ‘It’ll be an interesting interpretive dance.’ (Laughs)”
Elwes Had The Option To Stroll Without A Limp?
“Well, you can see it literally as we’re running into the
fire swamp. She’s running, I’m hopping. And that was the first day, because I
literally went from the accident to shooting that scene. You can see it’s my
left big toe and I’m keeping it off the ground as much as possible. If you now
focus on it, you can probably spot it — look for the left foot being off the
ground more than it should be.
“I went to the hospital, but only after we shot that scene
because you’ve got to make the day. The show must go on. Don’t forget, we were
an independent film not a studio movie.
“Anyway, we moved the fight sequence to the end of the shoot.
But that’s how my arm work got better than my footwork. If you look at the
fight scene my footwork is not great — it’s OK — but my handiwork, which was
really all I could focus on when I was healing, became really focused.”
What Was André the Giant's Response To The Entirety Of This?
“So, he felt
guilty. But honestly it was my fault, I took full responsibility. I was the
idiot who got on a thing I should never have been on — I had no business being
on that, I had never ridden one before, I had no idea how it worked.
“And his bodyguard — he had a bodyguard, which is hilarious, who was about 5 feet tall, that’s who guarded him on set — and this guy was telling me it was easy to ride.”
The Takeaway
“Oh my gosh, how much fun filmmaking could be. I don’t think I’ll ever have that experience again; Rob set the tone and it was such a playful movie anyway.
“But I learned first of all: Don’t ever get on a contraption you have no business being on. And second: It’s always better to tell the truth. I was very nervous of being fired and I think Rob was more upset that I wasn’t straight-up with him (laughs). I learned a valuable lesson that day.”
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