Hot off of his winning performance as Westley, Elwes continued acting in the wake of The Princess Bride's success, next appearing in the comedy Never on Tuesday and the Oscar-nominated 1989 Civil War drama Glory.

Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Wright also performed motion capture for the 2007 animated version of Beowulf, re-teaming with Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis.Įlwes acted in dozens of films-and a huge streaming hit. Jackson White Oleander and A Home at the End of the World. Night Shyamalan's superhero thriller Unbreakable, starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Roles in movies Penn wasn't involved in include Moll Flanders, opposite Morgan Freeman M. She also acted in Penn's 2001 thriller The Pledge, starring Jack Nicholson. The two first appeared together in 1990's State of Grace 1995's The Crossing Guard, which Penn also directed 1997's She's So Lovely and 1998's Hurlyburly. Wright worked regularly in film throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, often appearing alongside her partner and eventual husband Sean Penn. In 1994, she played the older Jenny in the Best Picture Oscar-winner Forrest Gump-one half of the duo (with Tom Hanks) who famously went together 'like peas and carrots.' The performance earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Though Buttercup was Wright's breakthrough role and remains one of her most iconic, The Princess Bride isn't the only era-defining classic she appeared in. Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Robin Wright went on to star in another iconic love story.

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