At more than one campaign stop Ted Cruz has quoted an iconic line from "Princess Bride": "Allo, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
But Mandy Patinkin, who portrayed Inigo Montoya in the 1987 movie, is not necessarily happy with Cruz' references.
"He is not putting forth ideas that are at the heart of what that movie is all about," said Patinkin.
"Mr. Cruz, in Mr. Patinkin's heavily left-leaning world view, is trafficking in the revenge business, appealing to anxious voters by saying of the Islamic State, 'We will carpet-bomb them into oblivion,' and by exploiting fears about immigrants and Muslims," wrote The New York Times.
Patinkin wants the GOP candidate to focus on his favorite line, uttered near the end of the movie: "After the princess flies out the window and falls into Andre the Giant's arms, Inigo says to the Man in Black, 'I have been in the revenge business so long; now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life,'" Patinkin told the paper.
A Cruz campaign worker responded to the Times, saying, "Having some fun with a cult classic should be something we can all get behind, politics aside."
Patinkin's overall sentiment is that Cruz should not shortchange other important lines in the movie.
“Senator Cruz, if you’re going to say those lines, you’ve got to say the other line, too,” Patinkin said.
Cruz has previously said “The Princess Bride” is his favorite movie.
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