Liam Neeson's audition for a pivotal role in The Princess Bride went embarrassingly wrong, though it had nothing to do with ...

Neeson said the director wanted someone taller than the actor's 6-foot-4 frame to play the giant Fezzik in the 1987 fantasy classic ...

Liam Neeson is taller than the average man, but the actor's 6-foot-4 height was not tall enough for filmmaker Rob Reiner 's The Princess Bride.

You can’t believe everything you read on IMDb, especially in movie trivia sections. But every now and then, the fans get it right. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Naked Gun star Liam ...

Liam Neeson has made a pretty impressive career out of showing up in movies where you wouldn’t necessarily expect him. Before 2008’s Taken, few would have pegged Neeson as an action hero. Later this ...

The actor recalls director Rob Reiner's "look of disgust" when he realized Neeson's not-giant-worthy height.

Liam Neeson is known around ... But one movie you won't see him in: The Princess Bride. It's not for lack of trying, though. In Entertainment Weekly's Fact Checked video series (above), the Irish ...

Actor Liam Neeson may be 6’4” but that wasn’t tall enough when he auditioned for the role of Fezzik in “The Princess Bride,” which ultimately went to André the Giant.