
Anyway, he had read the book as a kid and loved it, and so knew exactly what it was when Reiner cast him, and was appropriately awed and nervous and excited about the opportunity. It was a tad dismaying when Robin Wright was initially repeatedly described only physically (by others as well, not just him) but of course, that was in discussing first impressions and it did change once they got to know her.
I absolutely loved the dozen or so other actors who also recorded parts of the audiobook (I assume those are sidebars throughout the print version) and even the three who could not record but had still provided snippets of their own personal experiences during the filming--don't get distracted thinking, wow, Mandy Patenkin and Fred Savage sound just alike! They are read by the same person who is neither. But having Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Chris Sarandon, and more reading their own recollection of the experience, really brought everything to life. It was crazy how, to this day, Wallace Shawn feels like he was not good enough for his role, and how Billy Crystal was allowed to go off-script and ad-lib, provided he could do it in a medieval fashion (hence the MLT bit, mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich.)
If you love this movie, you will get great new insights, particularly about sword-fighting, and you'll be paying extra attention to the ROUSes and to Andre the Giant's scenes. If this book doesn't have you saying, "Anybody want a peanut?" by the end, you have no soul.

I bought this audiobook through Libro.fm, supporting independent bookstores. The graphic novel I got free from my work, as it is published by First Second, a division of Macmillan.
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