Paul Bettany

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q242707: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Shelter (2014). Count them as actor (19 films) instead.

Draws on

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What the speakers said they did

Directing (1) everyone in directing

Acting (22) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (7)

  1. career (career-turn): Paul Bettany → Wimbledon. After this Oscar-nominated run, Bettany did Wimbledon, which they say killed his career; he drifted through paycheck villain roles.
    “no, yeah, after this, he did Wimbledon and it killed his career.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:52:32 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career-pattern): Paul Bettany → Mortdecai. Bettany then had three consecutive Johnny Depp's-best-friend roles: Mortdecai, Transcendence, and The Tourist.
    “And then he has 3 consecutive Johnny Depp's best friend performances.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:53:46 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career-turn): Paul Bettany → Iron Man. Bettany's revival came when Jon Favreau called to cast him as the voice of Jarvis, which also led to Vision.
    “Favreau called me and was like, no, Sweden.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:54:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Paul Bettany → Gangster No. 1. Bettany's first big role was playing the young Malcolm McDowell.
    “Young Malcolm McDowell in gangsta number one.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:58:21 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Paul Bettany → A Beautiful Mind. The British indie breakout led to his run of roles starting with A Beautiful Mind.
    “that then leads to him on the, like, beautiful mind run.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:58:36 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Paul Bettany → Master and Commander. Named as one of his great performances.
    “And of course, master and commander.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:58:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Paul Bettany → Avengers: Age of Ultron. Wondering when Whedon decided to use Bettany for Ultron's voice.
    “when he put that where he's like, I have Paul Bettany.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:19:29 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Paul Bettany → Matthew McConaughey. Russillo says Margin Call has no off-the-bench cameo like McConaughey in Wolf, so Bettany gets Best That Guy.
    “not that one person who comes in for like, like McConaughey in Wolf of Wall Street.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:08:18 · Ryen Russillo (0.75 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (marriage / origin): Paul Bettany → Jennifer Connelly. Bettany and Connelly met on A Beautiful Mind where his character is imaginary and shares no scenes with her; after 9/11 he called her and they married about six months later.
    “all I want to do is call Jennifer Collins.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:49:33 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (performance-praise): Paul Bettany → Margin Call. Bettany is good in the small movie Margin Call, a recurring pattern of seventh-billed dramatic scenes nobody uses.
    “He's good in margin call.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:54:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (actor-pairing): Paul Bettany → A Beautiful Mind. Bettany and Crowe were already paired in A Beautiful Mind; Weir was initially resistant to casting Bettany because the combo might be too obvious.
    “Where is initially resistant to betany because of the beautiful mind thing?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:19:01 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Paul Bettany → A Knight's Tale. The screenwriter wanted Bettany in the Heath Ledger role and wrote Chaucer for him instead.
    “He wanted to cast Paul Bettney in the film in the Heath Ledger role.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:58:58 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Paul Bettany: Griffin recalls pitching a Men's Journal profile of Paul Bettany before seeing the film and being told no, not that nerd (said by Hodgman, who wrote for Men's Journal).
    “And they said, no, not that nerd.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:48:55 · John Hodgman (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Paul Bettany: Bettany refused the boot-camp costume T-shirt with his character's name so Maturin would feel apart from everyone; he trained in amputations and fish-cutting instead of sailing.
    “Betany refuses to do it.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:20:43 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Paul Bettany: The shoulder slap on Eric Dale is Simmons's favorite bit.
    “My favorite part is the betany shoulder slap, though.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:37:52 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Paul Bettany: Best scene of his career on the balcony; Simmons and Koppelman both pick it for most rewatchable.
    “This is probably the best betting scene of his career is on a balcony.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:39:10 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Paul Bettany: Balcony speech: fear of falling is really fear that you might jump; then the money-left-after-taxes run with 76,520 on hookers.
    “isn't the fear of falling?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:39:15 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)