Equity actors for the role of FEZZIK in Tier 1 work session for THE PRINCESS BRIDE. FEZZIK: Character is Male. 30s-40s. Any ethnicity. A true-blue gentle giant of surpassing strength and poetic soul.

Liam Neeson is known around the world for his starring role in the Taken franchise, and for playing Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace, and as Bruce Wayne's ...

Thirty-five years ago The Princess Bride hit theaters and was left mostly dead at the box office, earning a moderate $30 million off a $16 million budget. As is customary with a majority of classics, ...

Actor Liam Neeson may be 6’4” but that wasn’t tall enough when he auditioned for the role of Fezzik in “The Princess Bride,” which ultimately went to André the Giant.July 9, 2025 ...

The Princess Brideexists in a stratosphere of its own. A masterful genre mish-mash of adventure, fantasy, romance, action, and comedy, Rob Reiner's most memorable movie was a swashbuckling ...

The Princess Bride got something right. The cast and director aren't letting it get to their heads. When the giant Fezzik encounters the masked Westley, the main character in the 1987 cult classic ...

It has been 35 years since "The Princess Bride" first hit theaters. While the film was not a huge box office success when it first premiered, it has since become a cult classic with girls everywhere ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neeson was auditioning to play the giant, Fezzik. Neeson, who stands 6-foot-4, says director Rob Reiner had a "look of disgust" on ...

It was a tall order to find an actor to play Fezzik the giant in 'The Princess Bride' — not even 6-foot-4 Liam Neeson was big enough. He shares his embarrassing audition story and why he 'felt bad' ...