At 6 feet 4 inches, Liam Neeson is as physically imposing as they are talented. This combination of attributes helped him build a vast and decorated acting career that started in the late 1970s and offers everything, dramatic films estimated at high -level genre fiction and a long pivot at the end of their careers with action roles. However, sometimes even the imposing presence of Neeson failed to impress.
While promoting “The Naked Gun” of 2025, Neeson and his Co-Star Pamela Anderson sat with entertainment each week to check the facts some of the claims of their IMDB pages and other websites. One of the claims that surfaced was that the most embarrassing moment of Neeson’s acting career was his hearing for “The Princess Bride”, where director Rob Reiner was less impressed to discover the size of Neeson. Of course, a large part of this had to do with the particular role for which he heard – and as Neeson himself admitted, the affirmation that Reiner was visibly disgusted to see him present himself to audition for the role of Fezzik that the giant holds water:
“It’s very true. And he turned to the casting director and said:” I asked for a giant. What size are you? “‘6 feet 4.’ ‘Come on!’ That’s it.
André le Géant even appears Liam Neeson Petit
In this particular case, it may be understandable that Rob Reiner was not impressed by the physical dimensions of Liam Neeson. After all, all those who saw the film (and, really, not having watched “The Princess Bride” is inconceivable) knows very well that the role of Fezzik finally went to the professional wrestler and the legitimately massive man André Le Géant. Bentené at 7 feet 4 inches (although probably a little shorter than that in reality), André was a biggest than life character who became an instrumental part of the film … and also contributed to certain behind the scenes, thanks to a star of the accident on the set, Cary Elwes had with the ATV of André.
Fortunately for André, “The Princess Bride” was presented in 1987, the date on which Neeson was still withdrawn from his role as a breakthrough in 1993 in “Schindler’s List” in 1993. As such, he was free to work on the film without the reputation of another actor who breathes the neck … Unlike Wallace Shawn, who had the impression of living in the shadow of Danny Devito watched to play his character, Vizzini) during the shooting. However, despite the different situations of the pair, they both have become key elements of a fantastic casting which presents no weak link. As for Neeson … Well, even if he missed the role, things certainly did not work too much for him either.
