as you wish the story of the princess bride

However, Jenkins said that Wright reminded her of Grace Kelly, which is a pretty good endorsement when you're looking for what Goldman described to Entertainment Weekly as 'staggering' beauty. Her major credit at that point was in the soap opera Santa Barbara. It took numerous deals and disappointments before he found a perfect partner in director Rob Reiner.Ĭasting director Jane Jenkins told Vice, 'Frankly, she wasn't that brilliant when she came in to read,' and Jenkins put it down to the fact Wright was still very new to acting.

Goldman realized Fox could hire another writer to adapt his beloved book, so he bought back the rights. Eventually, Fox attached director Richard Lester, but internal politics saw that version fall apart. Goldman wrote a screenplay, but the studio refused to buy it until they were sure the movie was going ahead. Fox bought the book rights the year The Princess Bride was published. In his not-entirely non-fiction introduction to the 25th anniversary edition of the book, Goldman explained that he nearly didn't get the chance to work on the movie adaptation. One said a princess, the other said a bride, and that's how he came up with the title. He told Entertainment Weekly that when they were around four and seven, he asked them what they wanted to hear a story about. Morgenstern.) Goldman was inspired by the fairy tales he made up for his daughters.

(Of course, the person who wrote the original story was esteemed Florinese writer S. Goldman wrote the book The Princess Bride, which was published in 1973, and the screenplay for the 1987 movie adaptation. They were the daughters of Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman.

As you wish the story of the princess bride