Flick City: Simon Kassianides Picks ‘The Princess Bride’ And ‘The Deer Hunter’

February 15, 2019

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NBCUniversal Events- Season 2019 — NBCUNIVERSAL EVENTS -- NBCUniversal Press Tour, January 2019 -- USA Network's "Pearson" Panel -- Pictured: (l-r) Isabel Arraiza; Simon Kassianides, USA Network's "Pearson" -- (Photo by: Evans Vestal Ward/NBCUniversal)

I’ve already posted video of Gina Torres and Bethany Joy Lenz discussing their favorite films (Torres digs The Shawshank Redemption and Lenz loves Equilibrium). Pearson co-star Simon Kassianides brought the movie discussion home with his picks of The Princess Bride and The Deer Hunter. Check out the video below!

NBCUNIVERSAL EVENTS — NBCUniversal Press Tour, January 2019 — USA Network’s “Pearson” Panel — Pictured: (l-r) Eli Goree; Chantel Riley; Isabel Arraiza; Simon Kassianides; Aaron Korsh, Executive Producer; Daniel Arkin, Executive Producer Showrunner; Gina Torres, Co-Executive Producer; Bethany Joy Lenz, USA Network’s “Pearson” — (Photo by: Evans Vestal Ward/NBCUniversal)

Along with his work on the upcoming series Pearson, Simon Kassianides has starred in the James Bond feature Quantum of Solace and was a recurring actor on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Simon Kassianides on The Princess Bride and The Deer Hunter:

“I would say The Princess Bride because as a kid I was the spitting image of Fred Savage. I fell in love with Robin Wright then and I still love her. I watch that film the most. My favorite film, after that – I have to be greedy – is The Deer Hunter. It changed my life. The dynamics of friendship and the pain of war which luckily I haven’t experienced directly but my family did. Understanding those dynamics is heartbreaking. I’ve chose two because I’m greedy, but The Princess Bride would come first.”