The Mandy Patinkin-Cary Elwes fight in The Princess Bride is one of the most beautiful pieces of swordplay you can ever imagine.

My favourite swordfighter of all time, though, is Oliver Reed because Ollie looked like he really was trying to kill people in the Musketeer movies.

I asked Bill Hobbs, “How did he do that?” and he said, “Because he /was/ trying to kill people.” The stuntmen wouldn’t fight with him – they had to keep getting new ones to come to the set because he was a vicious, crazed animal. I liked that idea for Solomon – I wanted him to look like he was trying to kill people.