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Cary Elwes Struggled After ‘Princess Bride.’ Al Pacino Set Him on the Right Path.

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Marc Myers
May 15, 2026
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The M.I.A. actor on his parents eloping in Cuba, the nickname Marlon Brando gave him and what he lost in the L.A. wildfires. Cary Elwes is an English actor known for the films The Princess Bride, Saw and the Mission: Impossible franchise, as well as TV’s Stranger Things. He stars in the new Peacock crime series M.I.A. [Photo above of Cary Elwes by Andre…

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