High quality live-action renditions of stories like LOTR and Narnia wouldn’t be made for a number of years. Other films of a similar vein with long-standing fanbases to emerge during this time included Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Dragonheart (1996), and, of course, The Princess Bride (1987). The Rankin/Bass animated TV film The Hobbit (1977), followed closely by Ralph Bakshi’s animated adventure The Lord of the Rings (1978), introduced young audiences to the magnificent landscapes and touching characters from Tolkien’s imagination.Ī decade later, BBC was trying its hand at adapting Lewis’s most famed fiction saga The Chronicles of Narnia for television consumers, beginning with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988). Tolkien was being adapted for juvenile audiences in the late 1970s. Lewis were up for grabs, making popular screen adaptations. Not least among these was The Princess Bride, which happened to be one of the few films to earn a saint’s praise.Īs a lover of fantasy might assume, the classical works of J.R.R. Many of these productions involved medieval settings, mythological beasts, and the storming of castles. I knew the incredible craftsman that he is.From the late seventies on into the nineties, the fantasy epic experienced somewhat of a heyday both on the silver screen and on TV. "Kevin and I knew each other between 'action' and 'cut' and in between setups where we would giggle," she told NBC's Today of Spacey's fall from grace. In fact, when Spacey was fired and written off in the wake of several sexual assault allegations (he maintains his innocence), Wright took over as the sole lead for the final season, in which Claire ascended to the Oval Office herself. Congressman Frank Underwood ( Kevin Spacey) and an equal partner in his bloodstained march to the White House. She played Claire Underwood, the wife of scheming U.S. Though she's continued working in films, recently appearing in Blade Runner 2049 and in multiple movies in the DC Extended Universe as Wonder Woman's aunt Antiope, Wright has spent the majority of her time over the last decade acting for the small screen, starring in six seasons of Netflix's early streaming smash House of Cards. Wright landed a lead role in one of the first Netflix mega-hits. He kept very busy in the '00s with roles in Shadow of the Vampire, Georgia Rule, and A Christmas Carol-not to mention several films in the Saw horror franchise.įor most of the last decade, Elwes has continued to work in a string of lower-budget indie films, but he found new fans in a major way in 2019 with his performance as the amoral mayor of Hawkins, Indiana in the third season of the Netflix megahit Stranger Things, a role written with him in mind. Throughout the '90s, Elwes acted opposite a young Tom Cruise in 1990's Days of Thunder, and landed roles in Bram Stoker's Dracula Kiss the Girls Twister The Crush, co-starring Alicia Silverstone and Cradle Will Rock. Hot off of his winning performance as Westley, Elwes continued acting in the wake of The Princess Bride's success, next appearing in the comedy Never on Tuesday and the Oscar-nominated 1989 Civil War drama Glory. Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Wright also performed motion capture for the 2007 animated version of Beowulf, re-teaming with Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis.Įlwes acted in dozens of films-and a huge streaming hit. Jackson White Oleander and A Home at the End of the World. Night Shyamalan's superhero thriller Unbreakable, starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Roles in movies Penn wasn't involved in include Moll Flanders, opposite Morgan Freeman M. She also acted in Penn's 2001 thriller The Pledge, starring Jack Nicholson. The two first appeared together in 1990's State of Grace 1995's The Crossing Guard, which Penn also directed 1997's She's So Lovely and 1998's Hurlyburly. Wright worked regularly in film throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, often appearing alongside her partner and eventual husband Sean Penn. In 1994, she played the older Jenny in the Best Picture Oscar-winner Forrest Gump-one half of the duo (with Tom Hanks) who famously went together "like peas and carrots." The performance earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Though Buttercup was Wright's breakthrough role and remains one of her most iconic, The Princess Bride isn't the only era-defining classic she appeared in. Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Robin Wright went on to star in another iconic love story.
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