patrickcassels:

The amazing Wallace Shawn is interviewed in the A.V. club this week. Unfortuneatley, he doesn’t have much to say about one of his most well-known roles, Vizzini (aka the “Inconcieveable!” guy) from The Princess Bride — he even goes so far as to admit the film was “not [his] type of humor.” On the other hand, he expresses surprisingly great pride in Mr. Hall, the stern, geeky teacher from 1995’s Clueless, calling him “a very beautiful character to play.” He then goes on to describe a what may be the most dramatic off-screen debate in the 3-season history of the Clueless TV spinoff (for which Mr. Shawn reprised his film role):

“After about 10 episodes, they changed writers and brought in a different team of directors. And there was a guy who asked me to do something as Mr. Hall that I didn’t think was very appropriate for Mr. Hall. And I was prepared to be fired and sued rather than besmirch the character of Mr. Hall.”

Wallace Shawn is easily one of my favorite people, and I highly recommend considering him to be one of yours.