Kathy Bates

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q544465: 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: Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco). Count them as actor (2 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.

Fargo (1996): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco), which they directed: Fargo ⇒ Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco) (the host's read). An NBC pilot directed by Kathy Bates with Edie Falco as Marge aired years later; the Coens were not involved.
    “There was like an NBC pilot directed by Kathy Bates with Edie Falco playing Marge Gunderson.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:10:45 · Griffin Newman (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

Directing (1) everyone in directing

Acting (5) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Kathy Bates → Richard Jewell. Oscars nominated Bates instead of Bening, which felt like 'flip a coin to the veteran'.
    “But that kind of felt like them being like, yeah, let's flip a coin to the veteran.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:17:38 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Kathy Bates → Joanne Woodward. Bates won Best Actress over Huston, Roberts, Streep, Woodward in a strong 1990 field.
    “A rare, fantastic, best actress category.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:38:20 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  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)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): Kathy Bates → Fargo. Bates beats McDormand in Fargo, Berry in Monster's Ball, Stone in La La Land for best performance.
    “Francis McDormand and Fargo.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:03:44 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. 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)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Jennifer Lopez → Kathy Bates. Bates took the presumed Lopez slot.
    “it appears that it's Kathy Bates really who took her spot”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:21:42 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Kathy Bates: A lesser actor would let you know she's in on the joke; Bates never makes fun of Annie.
    “A lesser actor would let you know that she's in on the joke”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:32:37 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Kathy Bates: The Dago line: Bates throws away the ceiling line casually; both call it the best line in the movie.
    “As a writer, what's the name of that Dago painted the ceiling is the best line in the movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:02:33 · Brian Koppelman (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Kathy Bates: Simmons' hottest take: best Best Actress performance since 1990, ahead of McDormand, Berry, Stone.
    “I think this is the best, best actress performance of the 90s, 2000s, 2010s or this decade.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:03:17 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)