Billy Crystal says that Nancy Pelosi is a huge Princess Bride fan.Photo:Dia Dipasupil/Getty; PictureLux/The Hollywood Archive/Alamy Stock Photo
Dia Dipasupil/Getty; PictureLux/The Hollywood Archive/Alamy Stock Photo
Count former House SpeakerNancy Pelosiamong the most devoted fans of the iconic 1987 fantasy filmPrincess Bride.
That’s according to actorBilly Crystal, who, in a recentCBS Morningsinterview withGayle King, said the California Democrat is a “Princess Bridefreak.”
Speaking to King about the recent Medallion Ceremony honoring him and other recipients of the 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, 75-year-old Crystal — who portrayed Miracle Max in the classic film — said, “We’re at the State Department on Saturday night. This is where you actually get the medallion … And Nancy Pelosi is there."
“And as we’re leaving, she says, ‘I have to tell you something. I’m aPrincess Bridefreak.’ So I said, ‘Really?’ She said, ‘We all are. See. Especially for Miracle Max. If there’s a bill that we don’t think is good, we go,Eh. It’s mostly dead.If one is pretty good, we go,It’s slightly alive.'”
Crystal then continued quoting Pelosi as saying, “‘If another bill comes, I go,No. It’s all dead.‘And she goes, ‘Because you know what happens when you’re all dead?’ I said, ‘Yeah. You look through the pocket.’ And she goes, ‘Yeah. For loose change.’ She knew all the lines.”
Calling the moment “unbelievable,” Crystal said it was “the greatest.”
Gayle King, Billy Crystal.CBS via Getty
CBS via Getty
Pelosi became the first female speaker of the House — a role that would define her political career and further carve a path for women in congressional leadership — in 2007.
Pelosi said she would, however,continue to serve as a member of the House, “speaking for the people of San Francisco, serving the great state of California and defending our Constitution.”
source: people.com
