When I was a sophomore in college, my mom came to campus for a weekend visit, and we decided to go to the movies on Saturday night. I can remember agonizing over what we would see together.
It couldn’t be too sexy, or have a lot of bad language. I had to be really careful about the subject matter, too. (You would have thought my mom was in grade school.)
I ended up choosing a ‘compromise film’ — a movie that wasn’t necessarily at the top of my list, but that I didn’t think would offend my mom. And it ended up being one of our favorites of all time — the amazingly wonderful, ever-so-classic “The Princess Bride.”
I ended up seeing “The Princess Bride” in the theater about seven or eight times. I kept taking friends back to see it (plus, movies were a lot cheaper back then). I thought a movie that funny and sweet and smart and one-of-a-kind should be experienced by everyone…and I certainly did my part to get butts in the seats.
I also had a huge girly crush on Cary Elwes, who played Westley. “As you wish.” Sigh.
For Christmas that year, I got “The Princess Bride” movie (on VHS), the soundtrack (it was an actual LP record), the poster, the book — you name it. I was all “Princess Bride” all the time.
And today — this very afternoon, in fact — I have the opportunity to meet Cary Elwes in person. He’s appearing at New York Comic Con at the Javits Center.
He’s older and heavier, and he’s promoting those horrendous “Saw” movies that you would have had to pay me to sit through…but still.
Cary Elwes. Here…in New York City. And I may actually get to speak to him.
Inconceivable!
Update: Success!!!
Crushin’
Do you have a celebrity crush?
Not exactly my cup of joe (but ya gotta love her montage).
Once I saw “The Princess Bride” movie in college, it was all-Cary Elwes, all-the-time. (I finally met him face-to-face earlier this year; you can read about it on The Egg.)
What surprised me most about the CollegeCandy piece was the tone — an almost pink-cheeked, embarrassed wisdom.
“Look at how silly I acted back then” the writer seemed to say. “How I mooned over celebrities when I was young and impressionable. Now that I’m older and wiser, I have outgrown the need for such childhood fantasies.”
Not me.
Especially now that I am older, and have endured many of life’s not-so-fun realities first-hand, celebrity crushes are a welcome respite from the daily grind.
The real world still has me firmly in its grasp. What’s wrong with my peering through its fingers from time-to-time and gazing into the light? Sometimes that light comes from a movie screen; sometimes from the TV. Sometimes from sports or politics or wherever. But it’s always someone larger than life. And better looking. And just plain fun to imagine.
Oh yeah. That’s better.
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