Anthony Hopkins

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q65932: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Edge, which ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan credits them on.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Panic Room (2002). Count them as actor (25 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.

Fight Club (1999): 3 lines

  1. career (career) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Stephen Altman: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). Panic Room read as a small antidote to the response to Fight Club.
    “This seemed like a little bit of an antidote to that because what's panic room about.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:19:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Stephen Altman: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The inside-the-house camera moves Fincher started in Fight Club are fully developed in Panic Room.
    “And there's a lot of like stuff that he had started to do a little bit with Fight Club is like really like fleshed out in panic room”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:53 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (response to) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Stephen Altman: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host says Panic Room is a conscious response to Fight Club, which flopped and tried to be about everything.
    “Yes. And I feel like it's a very conscious response to fight club.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:24:52 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fargo (1996): 1 line

  1. unmapped (model for the villains) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Stephen Altman: Fargo ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host feels Panic Room's funny villain and scary villain pair uses the Buscemi and Stormare model from Fargo.
    “But I'm realizing how much wisely it does feel like they're sort of using the model of Bushemi and Stoneman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:20:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Jodie Foster: 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Stephen Altman: Jodie Foster ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The Game casting fell through, and Panic Room happened because she still wanted to work with Fincher.
    “Panic room ends up happening because of how badly she still wanted to work with Venture”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:56:56 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Rear Window (1954): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Stephen Altman: Rear Window ⇒ Panic Room (the maker said so: Fincher's quotes the host reads). Fincher saw it as a cross between Rear Window and Straw Dogs.
    “So Fitcher saw panic group as a cross between rear window and straw dogs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Sling Blade (1996): 1 line

  1. people (led to casting) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Stephen Altman: Sling Blade ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host says Yoakam was cast in Panic Room off of Sling Blade.
    “That was kind of what he got cast off over.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 1:02:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Straw Dogs (1971): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Stephen Altman: Straw Dogs ⇒ Panic Room (the maker said so: Fincher's quotes the host reads). Fincher saw it as a cross between Rear Window and Straw Dogs (Peckinpah).
    “So Fitcher saw panic group as a cross between rear window and straw dogs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Stephen Altman: The Silence of the Lambs ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The switcheroo with the dad and Raoul is a little Silence of the Lambs homage.
    “A little silence of lambs homage.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:53:47 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Thief (1981): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Stephen Altman: Thief ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). Fincher may have watched Thief before Panic Room.
    “Fincher does panic room and he probably saw Thief like 2 weeks before he started filming”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:40:36 · Bill Simmons (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.

Flight Plan: 1 line

  1. unmapped (template for) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Stephen Altman: Panic Room ⇒ Flight Plan (the host's read). A host says Panic Room set the template for what looked like Foster's next phase of adult thrillers.
    “And I do think it's sort of set a template for what felt like, oh, this is Jody Foster's next phase that then went sort of died prematurely.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:01:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): 1 line

  1. unmapped (set the template for) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Stephen Altman: Panic Room ⇒ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (the host's read). A host says Fincher's all-previs approach on this film created the pipeline for how blockbusters are made.
    “But that disc 2 is so much about that he basically created the pipeline for how all fucking blockbusters are made on this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:31:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (36) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (6)

  1. career (career arc): Anthony Hopkins → The Silence of the Lambs. Silence made Hopkins an A-lister and a strange mainstream path followed.
    “Silence of the Lambs became an absolute cultural phenomenon.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:13:25 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. career (career arc): Anthony Hopkins → Hannibal. Hannibal and Red Dragon are late-60s money grabs; Hannibal didn't work for Bill because Hopkins is much older.
    “Which didn't work for me because he's so much older than he was in Silence of the Lambs, but it's a prequel.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:17:12 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Anthony Hopkins → The Silence of the Lambs. Hopkins's Oscar came via Foster and Silence of the Lambs.
    “She won him an Oscar.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:43 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Anthony Hopkins → Red Dragon. After Hannibal money, Hopkins appeared in Red Dragon, which is a remake of Manhunter but worse, ruining the franchise per his son.
    “And it's just a remake of Manhunter, but worse?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:12:29 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Anthony Hopkins → The Silence of the Lambs. The Hannibal series pivoted to a prequel to Silence of the Lambs with an actor decades older.
    “Remake a prequel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:12:48 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Anthony Hopkins → Noah. Hopkins in the gravitas role is an uncreative choice, same reaction as in Noah.
    “I had the same reaction when he was in Noah.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 1:45:28 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Anthony Hopkins → Tommy Lee Jones. Casting a gravitas-bearing famous actor as the elder is Marvel's repeat playbook, as with Tommy Lee Jones in Captain America.
    “It's also the same thing they did with Tommy Lee Jones and Captain America”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:09:27 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (all-black remake): Byron Allen → Anthony Hopkins. Byron Allen is the pick to play the Hopkins billionaire in an all-black remake.
    “Byron Allen could actually play the part.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:22:50 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (writing around an actor): Hannibal → Anthony Hopkins. The book Hannibal set up plastic surgery so a different actor could play Lecter if Hopkins declined.
    “they set up that Hamble Lecter had a lot of plastic surgery done so that they could have a different actor play the role if necessary.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:27:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. people (same actor): Bart the Bear → Anthony Hopkins. Hopkins worked with Bart twice, in Legends of the Fall and The Edge.
    “Anthony Hopkins worked with him twice. He worked with them in Legends of the Fall and in this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:32:26 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): Kathy Bates → Anthony Hopkins. Unknown-actor effect: Hopkins as Lecter worked by changing his look; Bates was an unknown.
    “We knew Anthony Hopkins.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:28:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. theme (comparison): Laurence Olivier → Anthony Hopkins. Olivier playing Crassus feels like Hopkins's career phase; also Hopkins later impersonated him for the restoration.
    “oh, Olivier was in the Hopkins phase of his career.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:00:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (voice replacement): Anthony Hopkins → Spartacus. Olivier was dead for the restoration, so Hopkins impersonated him for the recovered dialogue.
    “Anthony Hopkins impersonated him.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:00:39 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (3)

  1. verdict (verdict): Kathy Bates → Anthony Hopkins. Simmons feels the same way about Hopkins as Lecter: best role for the performer, seen in a theater.
    “I feel the same way about Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:04:24 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): The Father → Anthony Hopkins. Hopkins is a near-certain best-actor nominee, but the speaker did not love the film itself.
    “I feel like I'm on an island here with the father.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:35:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Anthony Hopkins → The Two Popes. Best actor playing a pope who says 'that's my pizza'; Best orange soda in a film also goes to The Two Popes.
    “Best actor playing a pope who says, hey, that's my pizza is Anthony Hopkins.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:20:37 · Joe Reid (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (5)

  1. what-if (casting what-if): Harrison Ford → Anthony Hopkins. If Ford had the Hopkins part the film changes because you blindly root for Ford.
    “if Harrison Ford was in the Hopkins spot. First of all, it is, this is a different movie because now I'm rooting for, it's just in, you're blind rooting for Harrison Ford in every movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:26:03 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (casting what-if): Jeff Goldblum → Anthony Hopkins. Van suggests Goldblum, a co-star of Pullman in Independence Day, as an offbeat rich guy.
    “I think Jeff Goldblum could have pulled this off in like in a weird, quirky sort of the rich.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:28:05 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (casting what-if): Dustin Hoffman → Anthony Hopkins. Hoffman turned down the role Hopkins took.
    “So Dustin Hoffman turns down the roll.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:11:40 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (casting what-if): Robert De Niro → Anthony Hopkins. De Niro went far down the road for the Hopkins part, including a table read, but kept worrying about the bear.
    “They go really far down the road with De Niro.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:11:44 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Anthony Hopkins. Bill would cast Hopkins as the ex-husband; Jodie owes him, she won him an Oscar.
    “Have him played by Anthony Hopkins.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:14 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Anthony Hopkins: The speakers savage Hopkins's Odin beard as fake, and say his set must be an owned medieval backdrop.
    “The fakest fucking beard.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:10:08 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Anthony Hopkins: Hopkins's Twitter: weekend videos at his window and a jazz-dancing clip; they play it live.
    “is actually like one of the great tweeters.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:10:41 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Anthony Hopkins: Hopkins reportedly took Odin because he circled every scene with NAR, no acting required; the bit gets tied to Blank Check's lexicon of River of Ham.
    “I read the script, and every scene, I just circled it and wrote NAR, and I went, I'm on board”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:09:03 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)