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Why The Princess Bride's Epic Sword Fighting Scene Was So Hard To Make
If Tom Cruise's recent Mission: Impossible 6injury or Chris Pratt's scary fall on the set of Guardians of the Galaxy 2 taught you anything, it's that practical sets can be wrought with danger.
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Back when The Princess Bridewas filming, CGI wasn't a thing, and practical sets were a lot more common, which is how Mandy Patinkin and Cary Elwes ended up filming the famous sword fighting sequence, so director Rob Reiner could get close-ups of them fighting without the aid of a stunt double.
Still, while the scene holds up 30 years later, it was damn hard to make, for a variety of reasons.
Rob Reiner's attention to detail and desire for a perfect sword fighting sequence definitely contributed to why the scene was so hard to get right.
In a detailed profile over at Vanity Fair, the outlet says the director made both Mandy Patinkin and Cary Elwes learn the art of sword fighting so they could achieve the scene themse