America is united! About this at least…
Cary Elwes, who played Wesley in the iconic movie The Princess Bride, had a response to the idea of its remake. “There’s a shortage of perfect movies in this world. It would be a pity to damage this one.”
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Sony Pictures CEO, Tony Vinciquerra, had casually mentioned the idea to Variety for a Norman Lear profile piece. Lear was the executive producer of the famed movie that starred Elwes, along with Robin Wright who starred as Princess Buttercup.
Vinciquerra told Variety, “We have so many people coming to us saying, ‘We want to remake this show or that show.’ Very famous people whose names I won’t use, but they want to redo ‘The Princess Bride.’”
The off-hand comment created a commotion on Twitter. Made in 1987, The Princess Bride began trending as the social network users expressed their dismay. Elwes altered one of his famous lines and tweeted his thoughts that it was already the “perfect movie.”
There’s a shortage of perfect movies in this world. It would be a pity to damage this one. https://t.co/5N8Q3P2e5G
— Cary Elwes (@Cary_Elwes) September 18, 2019
Actor Jamie Lee Curtis, now married to another of the film’s stars, Christopher Guest, tweeted her indignation.
Oh really? Well, I married the six fingered man, obviously why we have stayed together for 35 years and there is only ONE The Princess Bride and it’s William Goldman and @robreiner’s. “Life is pain highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something!” https://t.co/hv33UIZKN3
— Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis) September 17, 2019
But the best tweets came from fans and celebrities who used lines from the movie to show their outrage. Clearly, they are prepared to defend The Princess Bride to the death.
My response to Mr. Vinciquerra – "I do not think it means what you think it means."
— SELMa (@iamaxian) September 17, 2019
People tweeted movie memes.
Remake my all time favorite movie, #ThePrincessBride Nooooo God noooooo, this is sacrilegious. They cannot do this to me!!!! “Life is pain” but this adds torture to life!!!! “Rubish. Filth. Slime. Smuck. Boo. Boo” pic.twitter.com/WCExuobGH9
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Simply put, the very idea of The Princess Bride remake is…
OK, let's put this foolishness to rest RIGHT now… they are saying they want to do a remake of "The Princess Bride"? NO… just no. It is INCONCEIVABLE that Hollywood could remake this well and not fail miserably at it. #ThePrincessBride #LEAVEPrincessBrideAlone pic.twitter.com/BH8G4e2QaU
— Warner Todd Huston (@warnerthuston) September 18, 2019
Any movie that can make both women and men cry at the end needs to remain untouched. Drop it, Sony Films. In the words of the Ancient Booer, “Boo, boo, boo.”
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