Willem Dafoe

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q188772: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (14 films) instead.

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.

Onibaba (1964): 1 line

  1. unmapped (Criterion Closet) · them, directly: Onibaba ⇒ Willem Dafoe (the maker said so: Dafoe's Criterion Closet video). In a Criterion Closet video, Dafoe says he tried to remake Onibaba.
    “He was like, I tried to remake Oni Baba.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 0:20:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

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

What the speakers said they did

Acting (19) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Willem Dafoe → The Florida Project. The win makes up for snubbing him for The Florida Project.
    “I didn't give him the Florida project one.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:29:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (awards contrast): Mark Ruffalo → Willem Dafoe. Dafoe repeats what he has done before while Ruffalo breaks new ground, so Ruffalo's snub is odder.
    “whereas Ruffalo is doing something”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:23:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (casting): Willem Dafoe → Platoon. Scorsese saw Dafoe's sensitive, spiritual-yet-scary Platoon role and thought of Jesus.
    “My understanding is that Scorsese had seen him in Platoon, where he plays a very sensitive...”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:03:48 · Jamelle Bouie (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (casting): Willem Dafoe → To Live and Die in L.A.. Platoon and To Live and Die in L.A. are what Scorsese knew Dafoe from.
    “He's also the villain to live and die in LA, which he's incredible in.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:56:44 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (casting reference): Willem Dafoe → The Lighthouse. Dafoe's Godwin is described as a craggy, monstrous creature, a lighthouse meets Shadow of the Vampire.
    “like a lighthouse meets shadow of the vampire.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:23:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (persona): Willem Dafoe → Spider-Man. Dafoe's mania under a calm surface links Norman Osborn and his Jesus.
    “There is a little mania inside that guy.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:42:24 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (Criterion Closet): Willem Dafoe → Onibaba. In a Criterion Closet video, Dafoe says he tried to remake Onibaba.
    “He was like, I tried to remake Oni Baba.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 0:20:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Willem Dafoe → The Lighthouse. Flipped into Best Supporting Actor in a year of two-handers and given the win as the 'Dafoe of the decade pick'.
    “I feel like this is this is the Defoe of the decade pick for me.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:29:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Willem Dafoe → The Last Temptation of Christ. Dafoe was nearly Doc Holliday but Buena Vista balked over Last Temptation.
    “we're not casting the guy who was... was in Last Temptation of Christ 5 years earlier.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:41:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Willem Dafoe: Opening bit: the podcast says 'If I was a woodcutter, I'd cut' (the Norman Osborn line), prompting an old-Willem versus young-Willem riff.
    “I'm something of a woodcutter myself.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:00:41 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Willem Dafoe: Dafoe first declined; at a second meeting Scorsese's explanation within minutes convinced him he was the only person who could play Jesus.
    “I think I'm the only person who can play Jesus”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:57:50 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Willem Dafoe: Sign-off bit: a long run of alternative 'Willem de ...' names (Redeemer, Bread of Life, Carpenter) ending in a Trinity joke.
    “Willem de Redeemer, Willem de Bread of Life, Willem DeLord, Willem de Son of the Living God.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 2:25:23 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Willem Dafoe: His Criterion Closet video, in which he says he tried to remake Onibaba, is Sean's recommendation: this guy is the man.
    “I sent you his criterion closet video last night and I was like, this rocks.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 0:20:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Willem Dafoe: The geek monologue, how you make someone a geek, is taken from the novel and reads like a handbook for online edge-lords.
    “that's the handbook for being a shit posting edge lord”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:23:01 · Patton Oswalt (0.85 sure it was them)