Cary Elwes
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah, counterculture.
Totally.
And so my favorite actors besides some of the British ones I grew up with,
were American actors, especially New York ones, you know, the character acts like Dustin, Bob, Bobby Duvall, Al Pacino.
You know, these people, you know, loomed large in my,
Consciousness.
That really should have been your wish.
Oh, thank you.
That's a very nice compliment.
Yeah, right.
Yeah, no.
When I was 18, or 20s actually, when I did Princess Bride at 24, I thought, God, I'm just going to get...
non-stop, you know, blonde, blue-eyed, you know, prince roles, which is what happened.
I got offered every movie with a sword.
You know what I mean?
And I'm like, no.
Or fairy tale.
You meet the princess and you save the princess.
Fight the dragon.
They don't fight that.