Ron Perlman

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q220698: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Cronos (1992); The City of Lost Children (1995); Alien Resurrection (1997); Hellboy (2004); Nightmare Alley (2021); Beauty and the Beast (TV); Hellboy (Del Toro films); Quest for Fire; The Name of the Rose.

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.

Alien 3 (1992): 2 lines

  1. lineage (sequel undoes ending) · through Alien Resurrection (1997), which they acted in: Alien 3 ⇒ Alien Resurrection (the host's read). Resurrection brings Ripley back as a clone, which undoes Alien 3's chosen death.
    “My nuclear take is bringing her back to life as a clone is more disrespectful than killing, uh, hicks and newt in this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 2:06:26 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (sequel) · through Alien Resurrection (1997), which they acted in: Alien 3 ⇒ Alien Resurrection (the host's read). Resurrection follows Alien 3, but its Ripley is a different character from the one who died.
    “As much as she was quote unquote resurrected, obviously, that's a different character explicitly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:24:13 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

Goldfinger: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Alien Resurrection (1997), which they acted in: Goldfinger ⇒ Alien Resurrection (the host's read). The newborn alien sucked out the window repeats the Goldfinger ending, but sad.
    “it's the goldfinger ending.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 1:55:38 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Guillermo del Toro: 1 line

  1. career (career) · them, directly: Guillermo del Toro ⇒ Ron Perlman (the maker said so: Perlman talking about his career). Perlman says his American career was saved by Jeunet and Del Toro, who cast him in Cronos and City of Lost Children.
    “my American career was entirely saved by Gene and Del Toro.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:33:26 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Nightmare Alley (1947): 1 line

  1. lineage (remake) · through Nightmare Alley (2021), which they acted in: Nightmare Alley ⇒ Nightmare Alley (the host's read). The 1947 film is a neutered version given 1940s moviemaking; the new one is bigger, bolder and better.
    “It's an interesting movie, a neutered version of the story, I would say, given the circumstances of movie making back in the 40s.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:03:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.95 sure it was them)

Ron Perlman: 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (origin of the project) · through Nightmare Alley (2021), which they acted in: Ron Perlman ⇒ Nightmare Alley (the host's read). Perlman reportedly put the Gresham book in Del Toro's hands in the mid 90s, so he is why the film exists.
    “he's the person, I believe, who, uh, who put the book in Del Toro's hands, I think in the mid 90s.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:39:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Firefly (TV): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Alien Resurrection (1997), which they acted in: Alien Resurrection ⇒ Firefly (TV) (the host's read). The Betty's space-pirate crew reads as proto-Firefly, Whedon's later show.
    “I mean, some proto firefly stuff.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:31:00 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Jurassic Park (1993): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Alien Resurrection (1997), which they acted in: Alien Resurrection ⇒ Jurassic Park (the host's read). Aliens caged and taunted while hunting you feels like the raptors; raptors may be Alien rip-offs.
    “the raptors have a bit of an alien rip off vibe, honestly”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:46:01 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Nightmare Alley (2021): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (origin of the project) · them, directly: Ron Perlman ⇒ Nightmare Alley (the host's read). Perlman reportedly put the Gresham book in Del Toro's hands in the mid 90s, so he is why the film exists.
    “he's the person, I believe, who, uh, who put the book in Del Toro's hands, I think in the mid 90s.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:39:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (11) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Ron Perlman → Quest for Fire. Perlman's career was feast and famine: Quest for Fire, then three years off, then Beauty and the Beast.
    “He was in quest for fire, didn't work for 3 years.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:33:19 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Ron Perlman → Guillermo del Toro. Perlman says his American career was saved by Jeunet and Del Toro, who cast him in Cronos and City of Lost Children.
    “my American career was entirely saved by Gene and Del Toro.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:33:26 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Ron Perlman → Cronos. Perlman was put in the foreign films, Cronos and City of Lost Children, before coming back.
    “he's in Kronos.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:33:33 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Ron Perlman → Keegan-Michael Key. Perlman's face works as art direction in genre films the way Key's bald head works for sketch.
    “And Ron Perlman is like so ideally faced for a genre actor where it's like, A, he just works as art direction.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:34:28 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (origin of the project): Ron Perlman → Nightmare Alley. Perlman reportedly put the Gresham book in Del Toro's hands in the mid 90s, so he is why the film exists.
    “he's the person, I believe, who, uh, who put the book in Del Toro's hands, I think in the mid 90s.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:39:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

people (4)

  1. people (unrecognized acting under prosthetics): Ron Perlman → Eddie Murphy. Both did Oscar-worthy acting under heavy makeup that went unnominated.
    “Perlman should have gotten an Academy Award nomination for Hellboy because he was emoting under the thickest latex”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:38:59 · Patton Oswalt (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Ron Perlman → Eddie Constantine. Perlman is Europe's favorite American actor, like Eddie Constantine in Alphaville.
    “It's like Alphaville.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:32:37 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Ron Perlman → Alphaville. Alphaville took a marginal American noir actor and presented him as America's greatest star, like directors do with Perlman.
    “this marginal American noir actor and was like, you are the greatest movie star America has ever produced.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:32:42 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. people (people): Ron Perlman → Hellboy. Del Toro and Mike Mignola both said Perlman was the only choice for Hellboy.
    “there's only one man that I want to play him.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:33:49 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Ron Perlman: Reportedly handed Del Toro the Gresham novel in the mid-90s, so he is why the film exists.
    “So he's the reason this movie exists.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:39:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Ron Perlman: Patton spent a long night with Perlman in Vancouver; says Perlman knows he looks like a special effect.
    “He's a special effect, basically.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:40:08 · Patton Oswalt (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Ron Perlman: The basketball shot: Weaver actually sank it over her shoulder on a quick take and Perlman's reaction is real; no visual effects.
    “That shot is 100% real.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:41:55 · David Sims (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Ron Perlman: Perlman has a thermos canteen that turns into a gun; the more scars they add the better.
    “He's got a thermos gun.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:51:38 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)