{"id":2035707,"date":"2025-09-19T23:21:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2035707"},"modified":"2025-09-19T23:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:21:21","slug":"why-robin-wright-says-a-princess-bride-sequel-will-never-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-robin-wright-says-a-princess-bride-sequel-will-never-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Robin Wright says a \u2018Princess Bride\u2019 sequel will never happen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F09%2F111746469.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As you wish, Robin Wright.<\/p>\n<p>The actress, 59, admitted that fans of the beloved 1987 film, \u201cThe Princess Bride,\u201d shouldn\u2019t hold their breath for a sequel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometime after we hit the\u00a030-year mark, the cast did\u00a0a Zoom call, and a couple\u00a0of actors were like, \u2018We\u2019ve\u00a0been asked if we\u2019ll do a\u00a0sequel,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018Well, a lot of us are going to be in\u00a0a wheelchair,&#8217;\u201d Wright recalled to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/entertainment\/celebrities\/robin-wright-career-turning-60.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AARP\u2019s Movies for Grownups<\/a> in an interview published on Friday. \u201cSo no, that will\u00a0never happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Robin Wright talks about \u201cThe Princess Bride.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">AARP\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The family comedy will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Princess Bride\u201d is based on the William Goldman novel of the same name and sees a fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman, Princess Buttercup (Wright), and her true love, Westley (Cary Elwes).<\/p>\n<p>Wright considers the cast, including Billy Crystal, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn and Chris Sarandon, family.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robin Wright is Done With Doubting and She\u2019s Embracing Her Future\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nlBjs_S96MA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>We laughed so hard making that movie; we\u2019d have to cut camera and start over again because it was such a giggle-fest,\u201d she confessed to the outlet. \u201cWe took over the\u00a0 hotel, and Cary and I and\u00a0Rob Reiner\u00a0and\u00a0Christopher Guest\u00a0would all have a\u00a0 potluck dinner. It was going\u00a0 home with people you had\u00a0 fun with to play music, eat\u00a0 good food and commune.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wright\u00a0was 21 in the film, and will turn 60 next April \u2014\u00a0but told AARP\u2019s Movies for Grownups, \u201cI don\u2019t see it as the end of an era.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just another number that\u2019s a little bit bigger. It hasn\u2019t shifted me in any way because I feel like I did that shift when I was 50, where I said, \u2018I\u2019m going to do it my way,&#8217;\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Robin Wright talks to AARP\u2019s Movie for Grownups. <span class=\"credit\">AARP\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cForrest Gump\u201d alum also revealed she still believes in true love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m such a romantic,\u201d Wright gushed. \u201cYou can go through tumultuous, distressing relationships, but we rebound, don\u2019t we? Our hearts rebound with a belief that it\u2019s still there and it can be achieved and how wonderful when it comes again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Globe Award was married to Dane Witherspoon from 1986 to 1988, and Sean Penn from 1996 until 2010.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cary Elwes, Robin Wright in \u201cThe Princess Bride.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wright and Penn share two kids: daughter Dylan, 34, and son Hopper, 32. Most recently, she was married to\u00a0Clement Giraudet from 2018 until 2022.<\/p>\n<p>While the star is open to finding a partner again, she has some stipulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to worry anymore,\u201d Wright said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to doubt, I don\u2019t want to suspect. I don\u2019t want all those things that we did in our 20s. I can\u2019t imagine feeling again what I felt then, which was jealous, suspicious. You grow out of it like you grow out of a pair of pants.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Wallace Shawn, Robin Wright in the 1987 movie. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, the \u201cGirlfriend\u201d star\u2019s kids have followed in both of their parents\u2019 footsteps \u2013 something Wright didn\u2019t imagine happening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy kids were on film sets their whole lives, and they said from a very young age, \u2018I\u2019ll never be an actor. I would never be in this business,&#8217;\u201d she revealed. \u201cAnd sure enough, they\u2019re both actors now, and they\u2019re both really good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the mother-son duo even worked together.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Robin Wright, Cary Elwes in a scene from the fantasy film. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter, Dylan, worked with her dad in \u2018Flag Day,\u2019 and Hopper and I did a movie together called \u2018Devil\u2019s Peak,&#8217;\u201d recalled Wright. \u201cI thought it would be uncomfortable to work together, but it felt so natural! I played a crackhead, and he was directing me because he\u2019s seen more of that. He was coaching me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite Wright not seeing a future with a \u201cPrincess Bride\u201d reboot, the cast still talks about the film decades later.<\/p>\n<p>Patinkin, 72, recently revealed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/13\/entertainment\/mandy-patinkin-how-i-bruised-a-rib-filming-princess-bride\/\">how the film stands the test of time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The actor starred as the iconic Spanish fencer Inigo and said fans still recite his character\u2019s lines to him \u201cpretty much on a daily basis.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Robin Wright as Princess Buttercup. <span class=\"credit\">Everett Collection (25552.jpg)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In \u201cThe Princess Bride,\u201d Inigo is on a revenge quest to avenge his father, and famously repeats, \u201cHello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die,\u201d to Count Rugen, known as the \u201csix-fingered man\u201d and played by Guest, 77.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI pinch myself every time it happens,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/13\/entertainment\/mandy-patinkin-kathryn-grody-reveal-secret-to-marriage-not-easy\/\">Patinkin told the Post in June.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cI can\u2019t get over that I got to be that guy in that movie. How does that happen? I don\u2019t know how it happens!\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/13\/entertainment\/mandy-patinkin-how-i-bruised-a-rib-filming-princess-bride\/#\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you wish, Robin Wright. The actress, 59, admitted that fans of the beloved 1987 film, \u201cThe Princess Bride,\u201d shouldn\u2019t hold their breath for a sequel. \u201cSometime after we hit the\u00a030-year mark, the cast did\u00a0a Zoom call, and a couple\u00a0of actors were like, \u2018We\u2019ve\u00a0been asked if we\u2019ll do a\u00a0sequel,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018Well, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2035708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[21751,364346,21741,21912,359488,338698,375816],"class_list":["post-2035707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-celebrities","tag-classic-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-robin-wright","tag-sequels","tag-the-princess-bride"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Why-Robin-Wright-says-a-\u2018Princess-Bride-sequel-will-never.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2035707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2035708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2035707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2035707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2035707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}