Elwes himself starts off the Princess Bride jokes with his Twitter announcement:
“Bit not by a ROUS but a rattlesnake.”
Don’t click on the spoilered link if you’ll be triggered by a photo of his swollen, discolored finger:
Details here: A rattlesnake bit Cary Elwes. Here's what to do if it happens to you : NPR
And jokes in the comments here: Cary Elwes recovering after being bitten by rattlesnake, airlifted to hospital | EW.com
I’m glad he’ll be okay. He’s a great guy by all accounts.
Asp? You wish…
At least it wasn’t a green speckled recluse.
His book As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride is a great read, funny and self-deprecating.
Unfortunate that he did not spend the last few years building up immunity to rattlesnake venom.
Well played.
Is his finger sort of dead, mostly dead, or completely dead?
Inconceivable!
Never go in against a serpent when death is on the line.
Guess he found out snakes are no one to be trifled with
Snakebites cannot stop true love, only delay it for a while.
Hello, my name is Dread Pirate Roberts. You bit my finger. Prepare to die.
I do not mean to pry, but you don’t by any chance happen to have a rattlesnake-bitten finger on your right hand?
I agree. I couldn’t put it down.