Kathleen Turner

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q222008: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Man with Two Brains, which ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Body Heat (1981); The Man with Two Brains (1983); Romancing the Stone (1984); Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); The War of the Roses (1989); Crimes of Passion.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Game of Thrones (2011): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The War of the Roses (1989), which they acted in: The War of the Roses ⇒ Game of Thrones (the host's read). The actual historical Wars of the Roses was a big inspiration for Game of Thrones.
    “Big inspiration for Game of Thrones.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:56:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Michael Douglas: 1 line

  1. theme (persona turn) · through Romancing the Stone (1984), which they acted in: Romancing the Stone ⇒ Michael Douglas (the host's read). Says Romancing the Stone is when Douglas found his movie star persona.
    “oh, surprisingly, you've now finally found your movie star persona.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:21:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Problem Child: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The War of the Roses (1989), which they acted in: The War of the Roses ⇒ Problem Child (the maker said so: the writer's own account on the show). They had pitched Problem Child to be a grown-up dark comedy like The War of the Roses.
    “talked about the War of the Roses”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 1:14:24 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40 sure it was them)

The Jewel of the Nile: 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel) · through Romancing the Stone (1984), which they acted in: Romancing the Stone ⇒ The Jewel of the Nile (the host's read). Jewel of the Nile is the sequel.
    “The sequel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:22:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), which they acted in: Who Framed Roger Rabbit ⇒ The Nightmare Before Christmas (the host's read). Katzenberg was looking at Roger Rabbit's success as a reason to try different styles and techniques.
    “looking at the success they had with Roger Rabbit and saying, like, we should try different styles”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:29:00 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (10) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (9)

  1. career (career): Michael Douglas → Kathleen Turner. Douglas and Turner's onscreen chemistry in the Romancing the Stone era is called Han Solo and Leia level.
    “their chemistry is on some Han Solo Princess Leia type shit.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:25:26 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Michael Douglas → Kathleen Turner. Douglas and Turner were the Hepburn and Tracy of the 80s and seemed headed for 20 movies together; Roses was the last.
    “Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner were the Hepburn and Tracy of the 80s”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:05:46 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Kathleen Turner → The Man with Two Brains. Turner was in Steve Martin's The Man with Two Brains, not a great movie but one a Martin completist enjoys.
    “she's in Man with Two Brains, which is not a great movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:09:22 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Kathleen Turner → Body Heat. Turner came off Body Heat throwing everything at 119 mph and kept that up all decade.
    “she comes in coming off body heat throwing like 119 miles an hour and basically kept that going for the entire decade.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:09:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Kathleen Turner → Crimes of Passion. Turner made the wild Ken Russell film Crimes of Passion (housewife by day, hooker by night).
    “she made that really weird Ken Russell movie where she was at like a housewife by day and a hooker by night, crimes of passion.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:09:50 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Kathleen Turner → Emma Stone. Turner is compared to Emma Stone: weird chances, and you are prepared for anything from her.
    “the way I would compare her to somebody now would probably be, like with less Oscars, but like kind of Emma Stone”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:10:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Margot Robbie → Kathleen Turner. Margot Robbie started down a Turner-like path before becoming Barbie.
    “Margot Robbie started that way and then became Barbie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:11:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. career (career): Kathleen Turner → Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Turner voiced Jessica Rabbit in Roger Rabbit, a hugely influential movie, in the same 80s run.
    “She was the voice in who framed Roger Rabbit, which was a massive deal”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:14:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  9. career (career): Michael Douglas → Kathleen Turner. Turner films were Douglas's only comedy work, and he was good at it.
    “This and like only the stuff he did with Kathleen Turner was the comedy stuff.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:15:35 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): Kathleen Turner → Julia Roberts. Turner was a more interesting-choices version of Julia Roberts, with sex appeal against America's-sweetheart.
    “She was Julie Roberts for Julia Roberts making more interesting choices.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:08:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Kathleen Turner → Barbie. Barb's dream-house speech to the nanny reminds the speaker of the Barbie monologue.
    “This is real like I saw the monologue in Barbie once.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:25:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Kathleen Turner → The Fabulous Baker Boys. The 1989 Best Actress race: Pfeiffer was robbed, and Turner could have fit among the nominees.
    “I feel like we could have squeezed Kathleen into one of those spots.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:30:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Florence Pugh → Kathleen Turner. Pugh's deep husky voice makes her 'the new Kathleen Turner'.
    “she's the new Kathleen Turner.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:21:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Michael Douglas → Kathleen Turner. Bill read a 91 Premiere interview in which Turner said a fourth Douglas film was discussed.
    “So they did three, but they probably could have done seven.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:37:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

what-if (3)

  1. what-if (what-if): Friday the 13th → Kathleen Turner. Kathleen Turner as the mom is rejected as too sultry and a little beneath her.
    “Kathleen Turner?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:24:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Kathleen Turner → Working Girl. Putting Kathleen Turner in the Katharine Parker role in the mid-80s.
    “Like if you put Kathleen Turner in this role in the mid 80s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:26:12 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Kathleen Turner → 9 1/2 Weeks. Turner lobbied for 9 1/2 Weeks and was devastated not to be cast.
    “She wanted 9.5 weeks and they didn't cast her and she was like devastated.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:10:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Kathleen Turner: Turner was at 'sex appeal on 11' from the first frame: the handstand, bralessness and wet shirt within ten minutes.
    “The handstand and the bralessness, which is also just right there.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:09:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)