Liam Neeson's audition for a pivotal role in The Princess Bride went embarrassingly wrong, though it had nothing to do with ...

Liam Neeson has made a pretty impressive career out of showing up in movies where you wouldn’t necessarily expect him. Before 2008’s Taken, few would have pegged Neeson as an action hero. Later this ...

Neeson said the director wanted someone taller than the actor's 6-foot-4 frame to play the giant Fezzik in the 1987 fantasy classic ...

Neeson was auditioning to play the giant, Fezzik. Neeson, who stands 6-foot-4, says director Rob Reiner had a "look of disgust" on his face when he realized the actor's height.

Andre the Giant’s audition wasn’t much better than Neeson’s. He performed the Fezzik character from a three-page script, and “I didn’t understand a word he said,” confessed Reiner.

Neeson was asked to confirm whether an anecdote about his audition for The Princess Bride on IMDb's trivia page that claimed Reiner, now 78, holding "a look of disgust on his face when he realized ...

Actor Liam Neeson may be 6’4” but that wasn’t tall enough when he auditioned for the role of Fezzik in “The Princess Bride,” which ultimately went to André the Giant.

Neeson was auditioning to play the giant, Fezzik. Neeson, who stands 6-foot-4, says director Rob Reiner had a "look of disgust" on his face when he realized the actor's height.

Neeson was asked to confirm whether an anecdote about his audition for The Princess Bride on IMDb's trivia page that claimed Reiner, now 78, holding "a look of disgust on his face when he realized ...

Liam Neeson recalls his embarrassing audition to play the giant Fezzik in “The Princess Bride” The actor recalls director Rob Reiner's "look of disgust" when he realized Neeson's not-giant ...