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Actor Mandy Patinkin, whose role in the cult classic film \u201cThe Princess Bride\u201d made him a household name, is taking on a new role ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California: honorary Team Captain for USA Fencing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen Mandy and I first spoke, what struck me wasn\u2019t the movie, though we got there eventually,\u201d Phil Andrews, CEO of USA Fencing, explained. \u201cIt was how deeply he understood what this sport gives people: discipline, confidence, a community and a lifetime of joy. We could not ask for a better honorary Team Captain to lead our fencers, and our sport, into a home Games in Los Angeles.\u201d<\/p>\n

After being named as the organization\u2019s first-ever honorary team captain, Patinkin said, \u201cFencing is a true craft, a genuine art form, a thrilling discipline. It requires every cell of your mind and body, but particularly your mind. It\u2019s a form of meditation. It\u2019s not just your physical abilities that count, and they certainly do, but I think the real fun is to get inside the other person\u2019s mind and being, and know when and where they\u2019re going to move before your opponent even knows it.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while acting might be Patinkin\u2019s primary job, his fencing skills are legitimate.<\/p>\n

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Patinkin and his costar Cary Elwes \u2014 for their respective roles as Spanish swordsman Inigo Montoya and Westley the farm boy\/The Man in Black \u2014 trained for months under Yale fencing coach Henry Harutunian, stunt coordinator and fencer Peter Diamond, and British Olympic fencer Bob Anderson so that they could deliver the film\u2019s iconic fencing scene without the use of stand-ins or stunt doubles. Both Patinkin and Elwes spent eight to 10 hours a day training as they learned to fence both right-handed and left-handed.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Patinkin recalled the scene with fondness. He said that when director Rob Reiner had given the inevitable direction to \u201ccut, and print,\u201d he\u2019d been devastated because he knew that it was over. \u201cI\u2019m such a f*ckin crybaby,\u201d he laughed, choking up as he remembered how he\u2019d felt in the moment.<\/p>\n

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Actor Mandy Patinkin, whose role in the cult classic film \u201cThe Princess Bride\u201d made him a household name, is taking on a new role ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California: honorary Team Captain for USA Fencing.\u201cWhen Mandy and I first spoke, what struck me wasn\u2019t the movie, though we got there eventually,\u201d Phil Andrews, CEO of USA Fencing, explained. \u201cIt was how deeply he understood what this sport gives people: discipline, confidence, a community and a lifetime of joy. We could not ask for a better honorary Team Captain to lead our fencers, and our sport, into a home Games in Los Angeles.\u201dAfter being named as the organization\u2019s first-ever honorary team captain, Patinkin said, \u201cFencing is a true craft, a genuine art form, a thrilling discipline. It requires every cell of your mind and body, but particularly your mind. It\u2019s a form of meditation. It\u2019s not just your physical abilities that count, and they certainly do, but I think the real fun is to get inside the other person\u2019s mind and being, and know when and where they\u2019re going to move before your opponent even knows it.\u201dAnd while acting might be Patinkin\u2019s primary job, his fencing skills are legitimate.Patinkin and his costar Cary Elwes \u2014 for their respective roles as Spanish swordsman Inigo Montoya and Westley the farm boy\/The Man in Black \u2014 trained for months under Yale fencing coach Henry Harutunian, stunt coordinator and fencer Peter Diamond, and British Olympic fencer Bob Anderson so that they could deliver the film\u2019s iconic fencing scene without the use of stand-ins or stunt doubles. Both Patinkin and Elwes spent eight to 10 hours a day training as they learned to fence both right-handed and left-handed.In 2022, Patinkin recalled the scene with fondness. He said that when director Rob Reiner had given the inevitable direction to \u201ccut, and print,\u201d he\u2019d been devastated because he knew that it was over. \u201cI\u2019m such a f*ckin crybaby,\u201d he laughed, choking up as he remembered how he\u2019d felt in the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018Princess Bride\u2019 Star Takes On New Role Ahead Of 2028 Olympics In U.S. - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2723\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Princess Bride\u2019 Star Takes On New Role Ahead Of 2028 Olympics In U.S. - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Actor Mandy Patinkin, whose role in the cult classic film \u201cThe Princess Bride\u201d made him a household name, is taking on a new role ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California: honorary Team Captain for USA Fencing.\u201cWhen Mandy and I first spoke, what struck me wasn\u2019t the movie, though we got there eventually,\u201d Phil Andrews, CEO of USA Fencing, explained. \u201cIt was how deeply he understood what this sport gives people: discipline, confidence, a community and a lifetime of joy. 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