I thought the William Goldman version was the only one. Goldman invented the "original" and pretended to write about it as if it were real--in short, he was breaking the "fourth wall" of narrative separating reality from the fiction. Who does Cary Elwes play in the movie?

LOL MAYBE THAT WAS WHY ITACHI SPARED HIM BECAUSE HE WOULD BE THE UKE DECOY FOR EVERYONE ELSE!