Entertainment Weekly to fact-check some of the claims on their IMDb pages and other websites. One of the assertions that surfaced was that the most embarrassing moment in Neeson’s acting career was his audition for “The Princess Bride,” where director Rob Reiner was less than impressed to find out how tall Neeson was. Of course, a lot of this had to do with the particular role he was auditioning for — and as Neeson himself admitted, the claim that Reiner was visibly disgusted to see him turn up to audition for the role of Fezzik the giant holds water:
“It’s very true. And he turned to the casting director and said, ‘I asked for a giant. What height are you?’ ‘6 foot 4.’ ‘Come on!’ That was it. No ‘Hello, thanks for coming.’ Nothing like that. It was a little embarrassing for the casting agent. I felt bad for her. I really did.”
