Helen Hunt

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q170574: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to As Good as It Gets, which ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Mad About You (1992); Kiss of Death (1995); Twister (1996); As Good as It Gets (1997); Cast Away (2000); Dr. T and the Women; Hacks; Quarterback Princess; What Women Want.

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.

Industrial Light & Magic: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they acted in: Industrial Light & Magic ⇒ Twister (the host's read). The movie was built out of an ILM proof-of-concept clip of a pickup truck driving toward a tornado.
    “It was a proof of concept clip from Industrial Light Magic”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:11:39 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Jaws (1975): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Twister (1996), which they acted in: Jaws ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Jonas is the Jaws-mayor archetype, a money-motivated antagonist that became a stock character in every movie.
    “The mayor in Jaws is the character that kind of pushes against our lead person.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:54:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Jurassic Park (1993): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they acted in: Jurassic Park ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Marketing a disaster around unknown leads follows Jurassic Park, where Sam Neill and Laura Dern were known but not famous.
    “coming off of Jurassic Park where it was like Sam Neil and Laura Dern were like well-known, but not famous.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:53:21 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Speed (1994): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they acted in: Speed ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Hollywood shifted after Speed; Twister marketed Paxton and others as future stars.
    “The one that changed it was speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Chill Factor (1999): 1 line

  1. people (people) · through As Good as It Gets (1997), which they acted in: As Good as It Gets ⇒ Chill Factor (the host's read). Gooding and Skeet Ulrich supposedly bonded on this set and made Chill Factor together.
    “They clearly just hit it off so hard at the craft service table on as good as it gets that they said, we got to find a vehicle for the 2 of us”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:58:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Titanic (1997): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they acted in: Twister ⇒ Titanic (the host's read). Twister started a playbook of putting not-yet-A-list leads in a spectacle, which Titanic and later Star Wars followed.
    “It became a playbook for it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:54:01 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (14) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Helen Hunt → As Good as It Gets. Helen Hunt's run from Kiss of Death and Twister to winning an Oscar for As Good as It Gets was an unexpected shoot to the A-list.
    “And then she wins an Oscar for as good as it gets.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:21:43 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Helen Hunt → Steven Seagal. Helen Hunt's running through the cornfield is likened to Seagal and not athletic despite Quarterback Princess.
    “I'm just not happy with the running in this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:06:57 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): Helen Hunt → As Good as It Gets. Hunt was the first to win an Emmy and an Oscar in the same year (Mad About You and this film).
    “win the Emmy and the Oscar in the same year.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:21:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Helen Hunt → Mad About You. De Bont went so far over schedule that Mad About You had to delay production by nearly three weeks.
    “they had to delay mad about you by almost 3 weeks.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:27:55 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Helen Hunt → Sandra Bullock. Sandy Bullock is floated as an alternative Jo, then dismissed as too attractive for the part.
    “You put Sandy, my girl Sandy Bullock in there.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:07:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Helen Hunt: Hunt got concussed by a door De Bont had insisted she could handle, then he called her clumsy; she replied the guy burned her retinas.
    “clumsy, the guy burned my retinas, but if I'm clumsy, I thought I was a good sport.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:25:23 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)