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Cary Elwes
Also referred to as Carrie Elwes
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 3
- Movies in this archive
- 4
Rewatchables episodes featuring Cary Elwes’s films
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Apex Mountain
Mello Yello and car-racing movies; several near-apex cases
In the discussion (8)
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- Tom Cruise is placed near, but not definitively at, his apex. — Bill Simmons
- Robert Duvall and Nicole Kidman are rejected as being at their apex; Cruise's hair and teeth are accepted. — Bill Simmons
- NASCAR and Don Simpson production stories are proposed as apex cases. — Bill Simmons
- Michael Rooker is assigned Cliffhanger; Cary Elwes is assigned The Princess Bride. — Bill Simmons
- Hans Zimmer and Simpson–Bruckheimer are rejected as apex cases. — Bill Simmons
- Car-racing movies are debated against Talladega Nights. — Bill Simmons
- Mello Yello is accepted as an apex case. — Bill Simmons
- Cruise is accepted in the Cruise-or-Hanks comparison. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
Robert Duvall, craft, cast, and racing lessons
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:03:42Read transcript
- Robert Duvall's committed crew-chief performance is praised and argued to hold the movie together. — Bill Simmons
- Tom Cruise's hair and Nicole Kidman's curly hair are praised. — Bill Simmons
- Nicole Kidman and Robert Duvall sharing serious scenes is praised in light of their later careers. — Bill Simmons
- John C. Reilly's Bucky is praised as an early version of Reed Rothchild. — Kyle Brandt
- Cary Elwes is praised for reliably playing an antagonist.
- Tom Cruise's unconvincing drunk acting is enjoyed as comedy. — Chris Ryan
- The movie's racing lessons about crew-chief trust, tires, team ownership, and driver temperament are praised. — Bill Simmons
- The wheelchair race is praised as more entertaining than the car races, including Rowdy batting away a nurse’s assistance. — Kyle Brandt
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:27Read transcript
- Elwes’s wavering Southern accent during the Dorothy confrontation is selected; an English accent and villainous mustache are imagined as better choices.
In the discussion (9)
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- Mel Gibson reportedly declined Robin after Hamlet. — Bill Simmons
- Robin Wright reportedly withdrew from Marian because of pregnancy and was replaced by Mastrantonio. — Bill Simmons
- Nicole Kidman is a reported Marian possibility. — Chris Ryan
- Patsy Kensit is a reported Marian possibility. — Chris Ryan
- Elizabeth Hurley is a reported Marian possibility.
- Richard E. Grant reportedly could not play the sheriff because of Hudson Hawk. — Bill Simmons
- The claim that Cary Elwes declined Robin is explicitly doubted. — Bill Simmons
- The claim that Johnny Depp declined Will Scarlet is explicitly doubted, though he is imagined as a better choice. — Bill Simmons
- John Cleese was reportedly proposed as King Richard before Costner pushed for Connery, whose fee was described as reduced to a charitable donation. — Bill Simmons
Unintentional Comedy Award
Andre the Giant’s line delivery; Cary Elwes’s heartthrob status
In the discussion (3)
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- The film’s intentional, tongue-in-cheek comedy makes unintentional moments hard to separate. — David Shoemaker
- Andre’s hard-to-understand line delivery is funny in a way no other performer could reproduce. — David Shoemaker
- Carrie always being a heartthrob is offered as the personal second answer. — Juliet Litman
Apex Mountain
Chris Sarandon is a near-candidate, but Cary Elwes is declared at his career apex as Westley.
In the discussion (2)
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- Chris Sarandon is described as almost eligible for Apex Mountain. — Juliet Litman
- Carrie Always is declared at his apex because no later role surpassed Wesley as a leading-man and heartthrob performance. — Juliet Litman
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