# Let's recast "The Princess Bride"...with Muppets! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 2, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568 "2022-10-02T02:29:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/1 "2022-10-02T02:29:04Z")
There is no way I can see where a live action recast would be anything but a massive disappointment, but a Muppet version _might_ work. All Muppets from the different versions of their tv shows and movies, and any from Sesame Street, are eligible. Sweetums as “Fezzik”, anyone? 😄 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/2 "2022-10-02T02:32:50Z")
Gonzo as Prince Humperdinck since he was always chasing Miss Piggy(Princess Buttercup). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/3 "2022-10-02T02:34:27Z")
Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker(in drag) as Miracle Max and “wife”. ---
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/4 "2022-10-02T02:34:52Z")
Never, ever, a redo live action. But I immediately starting chuckling picturing a Muppet version. I now want one. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/5 "2022-10-02T02:36:44Z")
Guess what the rats play? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/6 "2022-10-02T02:36:51Z")
I’m pretty sure this has been discussed before, but before I look at anything others have said… Kermit and Miss Piggy are the obvious choices for Westley and Buttercup. But I also kind of want to use Kermit and Robin for the Peter Falk and Fred Savage roles. Pepe the Prawn could be Vizzini. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker as Miracle Max and his wife. Statler and Waldorf filling in for the old lady in the dream who shouts “Boo!” Now, some links to suggestions that have been made before: > [@Recast your favorite movie/play with Muppets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-your-favorite-movie-play-with-muppets/367065/6): > > Buttercup - Miss Piggy Westley - Kermit Inigo Montoya - Rowlff Fezzig - Sweetums Vencini - Gonzo Prince Humperdink - Fozzie Bear Count Rogan - Zoot Miracle Max - Statler Valerie - Waldorf in drag the Albino - Janis Did I get everybody? > [@Replace a movie cast with The Muppets (with one human)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/34): > > Princess Bride - keep either Prince Humperdink or Count Rugen as human. Rizzo as the other one? Or Animal. Kermit as Westley, Piggy as Buttercup, Sweetums as Fezzick is a lock, Great Gonzo as Montoya. Pepe as Vizzini or Fozzy? Swedish Chef as the Priest, Bunsen as Miracle Max, maybe, but who for his wife? Or maybe Statler and Waldorf for that pair? I like Beaker for the Albino. > [@What movie would you recast... with Muppets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/149): > > I just can’t even believe no one’s mentioned The Princess Bride Kermit. . .Westley Miss Piggy. . .Buttercup Cookie Monster. . .Fezzik Gonzo. . .Inigo Montoya The Swedish Chef. . .Vizzini Animal. . .Prince Humperdink Oscar the Grouch. . .The Six-Fingered Man It could all work. ---
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/7 "2022-10-02T02:56:50Z")
OMG. Carol Kane isn’t a Muppet? At a loss now which Muppet to cast. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/8 "2022-10-02T03:00:43Z")
Cookie Monster as Fezzik, just for one gag: The poisoned wine is replaced with poisoned cookies, but Fezzik keeps eating them while Vizzini is trying to explain the situation. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@sinjin1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/9 "2022-10-02T03:04:38Z")
Rouses ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/10 "2022-10-02T03:24:06Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Gonzo as Prince Humperdinck since he was always chasing Miss Piggy(Princess Buttercup). Ha! No. Miss Piggy is Prince Humperdinck. Kermit is Princess Buttercup. Scooter is Westley/DPR. Gonzo is Inigo Montoya, Fozzie is Fezzik, and Rainn Wilson is Vizzini (because it’s not like we’re going to kill off a muppet, duh). ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/11 "2022-10-02T03:35:14Z")
All roles played by Beaker. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/12 "2022-10-02T03:44:45Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Rainn Wilson is Vizzini (because it’s not like we’re going to kill off a muppet, duh). Also important because we know that all Muppet adaptations need at least one human actor. ---
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/13 "2022-10-02T03:49:15Z")
If only Carol Kane had a fuller part… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/14 "2022-10-02T03:52:08Z")
That is rather sexist! I think she is just fine the way she is, body-wise. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/15 "2022-10-02T03:55:27Z")
Totally fine in every way. Loved her as Ghost of XMAS Present. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/16 "2022-10-02T07:49:18Z")
[[Album] Princess Bride remake? ![](https://i.imgur.com/KXxjR7W.jpeg?fb "Princess Bride remake?") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/3kAKcff) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/17 "2022-10-02T14:28:57Z")
> [@Kedikat](#): > > If only Carol Kane had a fuller part… Here ya go [![](https://tvline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Star-Trek-Strange-New-Worlds-Carol-Kane-Season-2.jpg) ](https://tvline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Star-Trek-Strange-New-Worlds-Carol-Kane-Season-2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/18 "2022-10-02T14:29:27Z")
I keep hearing Kermit hollering, “Inconceivable,” then dropping over dead. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/19 "2022-10-02T15:04:16Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I keep hearing Kermit hollering, “Inconceivable,” then dropping over dead I get what you’re going for — but Vizzini ratcheting up the enthusiasm as he keeps explaining why it wouldn’t make sense to choose Option A and then drawing it out as he discusses Option B, and then doing a hacky What In The World Can That Be before chuckling at what he’ll tell you in a minute before referencing a punchline about warfare before laughing about what he’s been leading up to before pausing mid-laugh as something catches up to him? That’s, like, the whole _point_ of Fozzie. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568/20 "2022-10-02T15:54:27Z")
Huh, I’d have chosen Sam the Eagle as either Rugen or Humperdink. Or maybe Humperdink’s door guard? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-princess-bride-with-muppets/972568.md?page=2)