Inconceivabe! Cary Elwes, Billy Crystal and the Cast of Princess Bride Record Audio Book for As You Wish

Cary Elwes will narrate his forthcoming audiobook AS YOU WISH: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride. Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Andy Scheinman, Wallace Shawn and Robin Wright, along with producer Norman Lear and director Rob Reiner, will join Elwes on the recording.

"Narrating the audiobook is a very unique and personal way to share the stories from AS YOU WISH with fans of the film," says Elwes. "I'm delighted that many of my cast mates joined me on the recording, and I hope listeners enjoy the finished program as much as I enjoyed creating it."

Before "Psych," Cary Elwes Westley, the young farming boy who became the feared and famous pirate in the classic film "The Princess Bride" along with Robin Wright, Billy Crystal, Andre the Giant, Mandy Potimkin and Christopher Guest.

"The Princess Bride" got into the social consciousness. Inconceivable you say? Lines like "My name is Inigo Montoya. You Killed my father. Prepare to die!" and "Socrates? Aristotle? Morons." are classics and repeated."The Princess Bride has become a touchstone in American culture.  Its appeal spans generations," says Chris Lynch, President & Publisher of Simon & Schuster Audio. "To have so many of the stars and creators sharing their experiences from the film along with Cary will make the audiobook an unforgettable listening experience."

Twenty-five years after the movie was made Cary Elwes is writing a memoir about the 1987 production of "The Princess Bride."  Cary Elwes has fond memories of starring in "The Princess Bride." Cary Elwes and Robin Wright starred as the lovers Westley and Buttercup.

Elwes got the idea during a "Princess Bride" cast reunion at the New York Film Festival in 2012.  In a statement Elwes said "It was a joy to work on such a magical film with an amazing cast of talented actors and friends. It will be great fun to revisit The Princess Bride and to share my fond memories of the unforgettable experience we all had.""We always get asked by fans what it was like to work with Andre the Giant and each other," said Elwes. "Now is a good time rather than wait until my memory is gone."

In a deal with Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Cary Elwes' memoir is called "As You Wish: Tales from the Princess Bride." Elwes is co-writing the book with Joe Layden. 

"The Princess Bride" director Rob Reiner wrote the foreword. The book also will include interviews with Billy Crystal, Robin Wright and other cast members from the film.

Besides "The Princess Bride," Elwes also played Arthur Holmwood in Francis Ford Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula," Robin Hood in Mel Brooks' "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," Garrett in "Quest for Camelot," "Dr. Lawrence Gordon" in "Saw" and "Saw 3D: The Final Chapter" and Brad Follmer on The X-Files. Elwest also appeared in box office hits like "Days of Thunder," "Hot Shots!," "Twister," "Liar, Liar" and "New Year's Eve."