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 revealed that filmmaker Rob Reiner was unhappy to discover the actor was not tall enough to play the giant Fezzik in the 1987 movie The Princess Bride "[Reiner] turns to the casting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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' ...

Could Liam Neeson have been in The Princess Bride? Not really. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In actuality, such a casting never ...

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 ...

Neeson said the director wanted someone taller than the actor's 6-foot-4 frame to play the giant Fezzik in the 1987 fantasy classic Tommy McArdle is a Writer-Reporter on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He ...