André the Giant called Fezzik his favorite role of his entire career — and once you know his real story, it's easy to see why. On this episode of Popcorn & Piledrivers, we break down The Princess Bride (1987) and go deep on André's full life: his childhood acromegaly diagnosis, Samuel Beckett driving him to school as a kid, Vince McMahon Sr.'s "Eighth Wonder of the World" rebrand, the WrestleMania III heel turn and the "bodyslam heard around the world" against Hulk Hogan, his brief world title reign, and his death in 1993 at age 46.
We also cover William Goldman's decades-long fight to get his "unfilmable" novel made (Arnold Schwarzenegger almost played Fezzik a decade earlier), Rob Reiner building a real on-set family with the cast, Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin training for weeks with Star Wars' own swordmasters, what happened to the rest of the cast, how the book's ending differs from the film's, and which current wrestling and MMA stars belong in a modern version of this story.
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