When Count Rugen hits Westley over the head, [[Cary Elwes]] told [[Christopher Guest]] to go ahead and hit him for real. Guest hit him hard enough to shut down production for a day while Elwes went to the hospital.
==Script==
The line by Vizzini: "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!" is probably an adaptation of the quote by the British Field Marshal [[Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein#Quotation|Bernard Law Montgomery]] "The U.S. has broken the second rule of war. That is, don't go fighting with your land army on the mainland of Asia. Rule One is don't march on Moscow. I developed these two rules myself.
