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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Princess Bride got something right. The cast and director aren't letting it get to their heads. When the giant Fezzik encounters the masked Westley, the main character in the 1987 cult classic ...

Liam Neeson is known around the world for his starring role in the Taken franchise, and for playing Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace, and as Bruce Wayne's ...

Liam Neeson is taller than the average man, but the actor's 6-foot-4 height was not tall enough for filmmaker Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride. Neeson, 73, recently recalled auditioning for Reiner's ...

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' ...