Mandy Patinkin with a Princess Bride sign is the latest picket line hero amid writers strike
Mandy Patinkin went viral on the Writers Guild of America picket line on Wednesday for his perfect sign and impassioned speech

What is it about seeing a celebrity on the picket line that’s so satisfying? Perhaps it’s knowing the stars are aligning themselves with the underdogs, or just the general joy of solidarity that makes the stories, pictures, and videos of those stars on the line so enjoyable. Whatever the case may be, lots of actors are going viral just for showing up and marching the line in support of the Writers Guild of America strike. The latest case, Mandy Patinkin, went the extra mile by tapping into our nostalgia with his sign.
Patinkin showed up for the picket in front of the Warner Bros. Discovery office in New York on Wednesday with his wife Kathryn Grody. “Pay our writers! Meet their demands. The stories we tell are nothing without them,” he wrote on Twitter alongside photos of the couple on the line. Patinkin’s sign, seen in the pictures, references his famous Princess Bride line as Inigo Montoya: “You killed residuals, prepare to pay!” (On the back: “I didn’t even write this sign”!)
Patinkin has often advocated for social and political causes throughout his career and, of late, on social media. Unsurprisingly, he’s been vocal about the strike—or, more accurately, the opposite of vocal, as he posted a video of himself standing in awkward silence with the caption: “This is what I would be doing on TV without writers. Writers are asking for fairness: when the studios invest millions into producing a film or series, they can pay for the value writers create.”