Proper noun
Elwes (plural Elweses)
A surname from Norman.
Elwes plays Arthur Davenport, a shrewd and eccentric world-class collector illegal art and antiquities. Source: Internet
Cary Elwes, who starred in the movie as Westley, farmhand turned pirate, co-authored the As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride. Source: Internet
Mandy Patinkin plays Inigo with a heightened realism—no doubt a product of his musical theater background, which calls for sincerity through excess—while Cary Elwes is suitably dashing while not taking any of this too seriously. Source: Internet
For the wrestling scene, when Elwes was pretending to hang on André's back, he was actually walking on a series of ramps below the camera during close-ups. Source: Internet
Elwes had worked hard to maintain morale during the war, having given six benefit performances of The Dream of Gerontius on consecutive nights in 1916, and many concerts in France in 1917 for British soldiers. Source: Internet
That same year, Elwes and Garry Marshall teamed up again in the romantic comedy New Year's Eve. Source: Internet