The Princess Bride ANDRE THE GIANT - A LOOK BACK
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ส.ค. 2024
- A touching behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the myth: Andre the Giant Roussimoff, in his iconic role as Fezzik, the lumbering behemoth with the heart of gold in Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride. Cast and crew members look back on their time on and off set with Andre.
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Andre was notoriously proud of the movie, Literally forcing wrestlers and friends to watch it with him, even if they did it the day before.
Lanny
He had a right to be proud. It's a great movie and he did a wonderful job.
It was apparently his favorite role because the role of Fezzick emphasized his humanity rather than a monster. Also as seen in this video, everyone loved him and that helped with his insecurities about his body.
So this was probably one of his favorite moments in his life that didn’t involve his wrestling career.
Who the fck would dare be the wrestler to turn him down?
and he nearly didn't do the role either because he was scheduled to do a wrestling match in japan in which he was getting paid a fortune for it. luckily the match got cancelled and he got to do the role.
It’s the moment Robin talks about him at the beginning about his huge hands, “and it would keep me warm”, her voice: simultaneously heartbreaking and beautiful, well up every time
You can tell that all the other cast members loved him.
In the ring, he had people he liked, people he didn't. And despite how hard people like Hulk Hogan tried, he would still do things that left him in so much pain. On the film set, everybody loved him and everybody wanted to accommodate him.
the world loved Andre!
Granted, who doesn't dislike Andre?
Thanks Sherlock
Truly
This is like seriously the nicest tribute ever
@Jj very warming
Definitely from the ❤
The part that breaks my heart is when he says that there is nothing for big people like him - there are special things for handicapped people or blind people but not for big people and that it was not so easy to fit in. He handled his challenges with grace and kindness. It must have been very hard.
When Mandy Patinkin recounts Andre saying, "Nobody looks at me," it broke my heart.
That summed up his major Desire in life. Just to be
@@kingdoc3262 he once said in an interview that he’d give away everything to be normal size once a week.
This movie is like a memorial for Andre. So glad he got cast so he could be remembered in an absolute classic film.
and he nearly didn't do the role either. when they first tried to get him for the role he was scheduled to do a match in japan in which he was getting paid a fortune for it. luckily the match got cancelled and andre was able to do the role
I feel bad that Andre sometimes struggled with being tall, from having certain physical limitations to being stared at sometimes. Despite all that, he still remained very down-to-earth and positive. RIP Andre.
caitlinjane92
most if not all tall people suffer from their height, i should know since im one of them. (22 years young, female 6'4ft / 197cm)
I would've stared just because its andre
@@wittlekitty3174 I feel like I know what you mean. I have a friend who’s 6 ft 8. I’m a guy and I’m 5 ft 8. I would definitely like to be taller...6 ft would probably be my preferred height. I think Andre even said it in this video...the world just isn’t meant for tall people. It’s so much easier for me to get around than somebody who’s your size or taller. It’s easier for me to get in and out of cars. I can sit in the back seat without any problems. Airplanes aren’t an issue. Airplane bathrooms aren’t an issue. I can fit anywhere basically. So, even though like I said, if I had my choice, I would prefer to be a little taller, my life as a short person is easy.
Andre, the gentlest of giants.
when you look up gentle giant he's what you think of
If he liked you. Watch some of the videos where they talk with wrestlers. If Andre liked you, you were okay, but if he disliked you, he'd torture you in the ring. George "The Animal" Steele said Andre hated The Iron Sheik so much that he'd make him cry in the ring.
William Shaw I never heard he made the Sheik cry, but he certainly kicked the crap out of anyone he didn’t like.
@@williamshaw9047 Don't forget about Big John Studd. Andre did not like him.
@@williamshaw9047 Randy Savage too. And Big John Studd. Supposedly Big John ran out of the ring one time and told Vince that Andre was gonna kill him.
Wow, Robin chokes as she's talking about Andre, he must of been a really nice guy
Yes 0:28
I've seen Robin tell this story in various interviews over the years and she gets choked up every time. It's beautiful.
I meet Andre briefly many years ago whilst he was a wrestler. He walked past me and bump into to me, with that he turned and in a very deep voice he said Im sorry and walked on. A gentle giant to the end. RIP Andre
Met him once, as a kid, in my uncle's gym. He was there taking pictures in the days before a match. Later on I listened while he and my uncle were talking, he saw me and waved me to come over..I finally did but it took a while, to a small kid he was really scary. Nice man.
mmm, Bacon what did he say too you?
Billy Finlay “Anybody want a peanut?”
Wow. Your lucky. I never got to meet any of my favorite wwf/wwe superstars
@@NemeanLion- No more rhyming now, I mean it!
Scary to a grown adult too, but truly a gentle giant
Imagine having this impact on people, after being gone 20+ years.
He knew he was going to die "young" and lived life to the fullest. Truly a Giant w/a giant heart. Those he considered "friends" he gave everything. RIP Andre Roussimoff.
I was so lucky to have met this amazing man. He had wrestled in our small town back in the 70s. There was maybe 10 of us waiting out back of the arena. Security was trying to shoo us away, and Andre stopped him, and told security No no. He spent a good 15 - 20 mins talking with us. Joking, signing autographs. He was kind, and funny and had the best laugh ever. I will never forget that day.
We all miss him dearly...
+LooxGood
we miss you Andre
Andre said, "I'm on the brute squad," and Max said, "You are the brute squad!"
I always assumed that was a deliberate joke in the script
@@helenl3193 Me too although I'd say it worked out better with the ad-libbing.
I got to meet Andre in 1978, I was 12. He was so wonderful to all us children clamoring to meet him, kind and patient.
"Look, are you just fiddling with me or what?"
"I just want you to feel you are doing well."
That always seemed so genuine, and now I know it was.
" A giant of a human being "... that was André Roussimoff ...
Thank you for letting everyone know his middle name wasn’t ‘the’ and his last name wasn’t ‘giant’! Andre Rene, you are missed.
"I remember he would put his hand on my head... And it would keep me warm" 😢
Now I'm crying.
met Carey Elwes last year, he still choked up a bit talking about Andre
Elwes in two of my favorite movies of all-Princess Bride and Glory. If I ever meet him, I hope to tell him that.
I kinda got choked up watching this myself.
People seem to only remember him turning heal in the WWF forgetting that he was well loved around the world before that.
@@mister8800 dude the Japanese practically worshipped him. He had a MASSIVE fan base in Japan and got the red carpet treatment every time he visited there to wrestle. However he hated the lodging because of how small everything was.
It broke my heart but also touched my heart when he said "Nobody looks at me." I'm glad that he felt like "one of the guys," but it's painful to think that, elsewhere, all anyone ever thought of when they saw him was "Woah! Giant!!" And never tried to or got to understans who he was as a human being like the cast members did. RIP Andre.
His hello and that smile. I just want to hug the man and let him know he's appreciated for being the man that he is and not the giant that people see.
RIP Andre. You were the gentlest of all giants
It's not until you see Andre next to normal people that you realize how big he really was. As a kid, I was a huge wrestling fan, and he always looked big next to other wrestlers. It doesn't click with you as a kid that these other guys he looks big around are 6'4"-6'8" themselves. The first time I saw him next to actors who were mostly average height, it blew my mind.
The gentlest of the giants
The real BFG
Its so cool that at 3:26 Andre waved at all of US! The viewers, his fans, and the future. This dude was so genuine and such a true Gentle Giant! RIP Andre!
In the mid-70s, he often wrestled in Montreal. At one venue down the street, we would hang out at the door the wrestlers used and Andre was among of the few wrestlers who let us carry their bags inside (which earned us free tickets). I always shook Andre's hand and man, it was unbelievably huge. His middle finger would reach halfway to my elbow! Always a smile, always a gentle man.
Andre used to buy shoes at my grandpa's shop in Greensboro, NC. I was about 5 or 6 years old when I first started seeing Andre there. Because of his very large shoe size, his shoes were ordered. My grandpa would always make sure I was at the shop when Andre was due to pick up his shoes so that I could visit. Andre was so kind and gentle and his hand was my "elevator" to give his neck as good a hug as my tiny arms could. I never thought of Andre as anything but the nicest big person I have ever known.
We're going to have words because that was my grandfather's shoe shop!!
@@CSAccetura Wow! Really? What was his name?
I can't believe it's been 17 years since his passing. I grew up watching him, mainly towards the tail end of his career. I didn't want to see Princess Bride when it first came out because Andre had become a bad guy and I was so upset when he did that. I am glad that I finally relinquished and saw the movie. One of my favorites. And Andre the Giant is still one of my all-time favorite wrestlers. RIP Andre.
And now 28 **sighs**
hes been my #1 person that i wish i coulda met before they passed away. he was such a nice guy and tried to treat others how he wanted to be treated. i wish i coulda met him to just say hello and buy and have a beer with him.
If you were gonna drink with Andre, you'd better be ready to drink at least 15 beers to his 40.
Jake the snake said he drank about 60 in one road trip 😯😄
The making of The Princess Bride must've been an awesome experience for everyone involved.
Just a sweet human being. And was tired of people staring at him like a freak. He is someone we can all look up to. And not literally.
Part of the reason why I can watch this over and over.
His voice is so damn DEEP. It's freaking amazing.
The Andre The Giant documentary broke my heart, I grew up hearing about him from my dad, I only started watching wrestling in the late 90s, but when I watched the doc I just felt how it was like for Andre living as one of the wonders of the world when all he ever wanted was to live a normal life.
His cast member kids are hilarious.
I can watch princess bride again and again
As a kid, I knew of the WWF, but I didn't follow the matches. As a result, I never knew Andre regularly played a heel. That surprised me, as he certainly didn't look like one from the photos I saw. He had a kind face to match his kind heart. Great guy.
Rest in peace, Andre...you´ll always be in our hearts
0:38 breaks my heart every time.
I love Andre so much im only 23 yrs old but watching all the videos of him I grew to know him when I heard his voice very first time I can hear that kind n tenderness feeling to him it made me tear up a bit ..when I heard about his condition n his passing I just cried n cried He really is the real BIG sweetheart anyone who has met him were lucky. I honestly didn't believe there was a gentle giant until I finally looked him up n now I see who everyone was talking about n I love Andre n I'm glad I got to know him R.I.P Andre you will be forever missed but never forgotten ❤
Everything about this whole film, literally everything, was just......magical. Just perfect. Incredible. You might even say........ _INCONCEIVABLE!_
RIP, Andre' The Gentle Giant.......this is one of THE most heartfelt tributes ever. This is on most physical media of The Princess Bride, up to and including the Criterion version, which I own.....
Simply had to watch this again. Adored Andre. PB was a massive part of my teen years.
1:32 was my favorite part, cause i liked how the dad was talking about how his kids where about to go crazy about seeing Adre,.. and one of there reactions was, “ah!” XD
Two great characters and actors are gone and deeply missed Peter Falk and Andre The Giant😢
We all miss Andre so much~
What a great tribute! Andre would be so proud.
How sweet is this
Andre was one of the people who made me happy during my Gradeschool days back in the 80s,i was a WWF fan here in the Philippines...miss you big guy!
I really wish I could have met him... Would be so cool! The guy is a freakin legend!
1:11 yes he acted before.. he was in 6 million dollar man tv show! was lucky enough to see andre back in 1989, and you hear all the stories etc.. but to actually see him in person, is something ill never forget!!
I loved his warm smile...........such a gentle man.
All these years and until this video I never knew that Andre felt the way he did about being so big and the attention he received as a result.
Some day, I want to get a HUGE dog, and name him, "Andre."
maybe a russian bear dog?
My family used to have a giant white rabbit named Andre
a true giant of a man and he is missed by those who knew him and those who's seen his works.
God bless you Andra the giant you will be missed by a lot of people I love him go to he even and rest in peace
Had the chance of meeting him a few times in Montreal when he was wrestling. What a nice man !
I've always wondered if Andre might have found a happy and successful career in film after retiring from wrestling, had he not died so soon, doing roles that didn't aggravate his condition nor put him in such pain. From what others say about him, it sounds as though doing this film was a delight for him and that he really took to it.
Classic Movie, Funny, Witty, 1 of the best! Tons of "One Liners"... Fantastic Cast of Characters, well written script, this is a nice "Look Back" @ the Characters, thanks for posting.
B-man
god ever time I see this it makes me cry! we need more people like him in world.
rip Ander the Giant we miss you :(
A beautiful story. Iv'e watched it several time over the years. It's still at the top of my all-time favorites.
Never will be forgotten!
rest in peace giant man.
Andre the Giant was so talented both in this movie and in the ring. Shame about his back problems and his death. Rest in Peace, Eighth Wonder of the World!
Anybody tthat ever met Andre knew two things. He loved his wine nicestand he was always afraid. He was SO big even a touch could hurt. He rarely ever wanted to hurt anybody. One was a guy that was called Big John Stud because he gave a cheap shot and the other I will keep to myself! He was one of the nicest men I've ever met! It was my honor.
I remember growing up watching princess bride and I always wanted to meet andre the giant, always been a huge fan of the guy
Wrestling fans of today really just don't understand what they missed out on. They see Big Show, and Paul Wight is a great man in his own right, and really even a better wrestler at his weight, but Andre was everything Big Show is today and yet somehow more.
Big Show is literally just one of the guys backstage in the WWE, but Andre was still the gentle lovable giant that everyone looked up to figuratively as well as literally. He was a leader and a man apart. It was both part of his charm & sad.
Loved watching Andre wrestle in the AWA in the late 70s/early 80s.
Tear...rest easy giant, you are missed
You know when Andre is sitting there on the boat, and the camera pans to him......and he gives a friendly "hello"......juss goes to show he had no hate in his heart.
I saw Andre up close at a wrestling event back in the day and boy he was truly a giant in height and in width. God rest his giant soul Mr. André René Roussimoff.
3:25 hello.
God, it felt like my heart was breaking.
So true Andre. They got things for blind people and crippled people, but not for big people
I loved this movie and Andre's part in it. Those people critical of Andre from his "heel" wrestling days forget that those characters and story lines were handed down to the wrestlers from the bosses. There was an element of acting in professional wrestling that had nothing to do with the wrestler's true character.
We were lucky to have this wonderful man. But he left us much too soon. If he’d lived to 100 years, it would still have been much too soon.
He was human. Not at all worthy of worship.
1:52 it's Hagrid! If Andre was still alive I could see him as portraying Hagrid since they're both huge.
Too old. He would’ve been like 60 when the first movie came out.
Also, J.K. Rowling explicitly stated that all actors had to be British. At one time Robin Williams himself was interested on playing Hagrid (props given to Robbie Coltrane but how awesome may have been that) but couldn't.
Foodiecutie well. The character is English. So surely an Englishmen would be the best person for the job no? Plus can you really think of a better actor for the role than Coltrane?
@@MrTrellheim Andre was French, so that's something.
@@811chelseafcClive Russel, "The Blackfish" from GoT. There was a show with Lenny Henry "Hope and Glory". Russell played a teacher (Phys Ed?) with a pet project of fixing an old car.
Beautiful man...thank you for posting....
This makes me sob every time
I remember Andre The Giant from his wrestling days. He was amazing. And his performance on The Princess Bride was superb.
0:28 😭 My continued condolences to the remaining cast members.
A true legend and a great man. Greatly missed.......
"I'm on the brute squad!" one of best quotes in movie history. R.I.P. Andre
What a beautiful video; brought tears to my eyes. I wish I could have known this clearly wonderful man.
He was truly a gentle giant and a gentleman. Never met him but will miss him.
I LOVE THAT MOVIE its one of my favorite movies and my favorite song from the end of a movie
When Robin choked up....I choked up. Andre was a Saint.
Beautiful, beautiful short piece of behind-the-scenes documentary... thanks for posting this.
I watched him wrestle when i was a kid... Never seen this behind the scenes before... I cried
there's so many legendary stories of Andre the Giant. he's a real-life Paul Bunyan
You can they genuinely loved him, wasn't just for the screen.
"And as soon as he gets up, my three-year old looked at him and went....
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!"
That story always makes me laugh; it's the memories of this gentle giant that makes me smile, laugh and cry at the same time!
An absolute legend of a mad lad
This Was A Wonderful Tribute To The Late Great Legendary First Ever WWE Hall Fame Inductee Andre The Giant
Had The Pleasure Of Knowing Andre The Giant Since 1978 He Was Incredible God Rest His Soul Thank You For Posting
This is such an amazing tribute to Andre, he's absolutely is amazing. :)
best movie ever!!!!!!! i know all the lines!
If Andre were still alive he would have been cast as Hagrid in Harry Potter for sure
Not saying it's completely possible, since Rowling would prefer British actors. However, at the same time I think Rowling would consider it. I can say this, he would scare the crap out of Dursley more since he probably could bend that shotgun for real.
Andre lived everyday like if it was the last cause he always knew he would die before turning 40, but god saw that he was the only human that was not a failure and gave him a few years more to live
masky maskface Nicely Said.
fuck god, should have let him live until seventy if he really cared about him.
@@bigal2748 no, god did him a solid, a man that huge would suffer major bodily failure, while suffering major agony, like his back problems and other major pains.
@@bigal2748 The irony in not believing in god yet being angry at god.
@@MansMan42069 TRUE
I worked with a friend in high school whose dad was a construction superintendent who needed 2 people as clean up crew on weekends. While we were working, Tony Sanger showed up to install carpet in the finished apts. To those who don't know , Tony Sanger was at the time was the Canadian Super Heavyweight Arm Wrestling Champion. Tony showed up in his work van. When Tony opened up the side door, out stepped Andre the giant. Tony & Andre were really good friends & apparently Andre told Tony he would come & help him. I watched him carry 4 rolls of carpet like they were a child's toy. He was unbelievably strong! Very quiet & a nice person. Still remember that incident 44 years ago to this day!