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The Princess Bride is easily one of the most beloved movies of 1987, even if it didn’t make a huge splash at the box office at the time. For years, rumors of a sequel swirled around the fandom, fanned by the fact that William Goldman himself had been trying to write it for years. However, Cary Elwes, who played the heroic Westley in the iconic movie, has admitted that The Princess Bride sequel, Buttercup’s Baby, will never be, even as plans for a musical are going ahead.

During an appearance at Awesome Con 2019, Cary Elwes was asked about a potential sequel to The Princess Bride. “I’m old enough to play the grandfather right now,” he joked. However, he quickly had to squash any rumors of a sequel happening. “We lost our writer, William Goldman, sadly, this year, and it was a great loss to all of us. The only person who could possibly write a sequel – and he tried – would be Bill.”

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There is, of course, a short excerpt from The Princess Bride sequel that William Goldman wrote. “He said he tried writing it. I think it’s a chapter called Buttercup’s Baby. He wrote one chapter. And he tried to write it, and he was asked, ‘Why didn’t you finish it?’ and he said, ‘You know, I tried my hardest and I just couldn’t do it. I just couldn’t figure out a way to make it work.’”

Elwes admits that the movie “stands alone,” which we’d agree with. There are so few perfect movies in the world. It would be a shame to ruin The Princess Bride with a terrible sequel, after all.

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