André the Giant (1946-1993) was a French-born international wrestling superstar and actor
He weighed 520 lb, was 7 ft 4 in tall and suffered from acromegaly, or “giantism”
While he was the first international wrestling superstar
And actor who played Fezzik in “The Princess Bride”
André also had his own struggles, from being in pain to suffering public ridicule, as well as hardly ever fitting in
All while in pain André refused treatment saying that it would change his physical body, on which he built his entire career on
Last Tuesday HBO released a documentary that unveils a lot of the unknown facts about the wrestling legend
And many were quick to react to it
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