As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride by Cary Elwes with Joe Layden

As You Wish: inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride by Cary Elwes with Joe Layden-259 pages

I have seen the movie a few times and love it. It is so tongue-in-cheek and witty, yet serious. I really enjoyed reading this book about Cary's experience making the film and its reception immediately following its release up until today. It has really become a classic film for so many people. It was cool to learn about how the film was made and the care and heart that went into making it. I enjoyed Cary's description of his cast mates. It is really cool that Cary and Mandy Patinkin did all of the sword-fighting with no stunt doubles (other than the acrobatics). Overall, it was really cool to read about the making of the film and what each cast member experienced and felt and thought during and following production.

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes -- 272 pages

For those who fell in love with the movie The Princess Bride, Cary Elwes, who played Westley, tells us his side of all that went into the making of it. From R.O.U.S.s and Giants to Sword-Fighting and knocking Westley out with a sword hilt, it is pretty exciting and just plain hilarious. 

This book brought back many memories and let me know more about the actors and directors of one of my favorite movies. 

The only negative thing I have to say about it is that Cary Elwes gives us a lot of backstory every time he meets with someone. "They were in this movie, this movie, this movie, and backstage in this movie, this movie, and this movie." I had to struggle through or skim over all the listing in order to get to the movie I was really interested in hearing about.