Sterling Hayden

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q323166: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (7 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.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

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

Acting (11) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

  1. people (shared actor): Sterling Hayden → The Godfather. The speakers cite how Coppola uses Hayden in The Godfather.
    “how Coppola uses Sterling Hayden”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:31:32 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (career what-if): Sterling Hayden → Jaws. Hayden could not take the part of Quint because he was abroad dodging back taxes.
    “he couldn't take the part of Quint in Jaws because he had he was living outside of the country”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:55:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if casting): Gene Kelly → Sterling Hayden. Kubrick's first choice for Ripper was Gene Kelly; when Kelly was not available he cast Scott, who asked for Turgidson, and then brought in Hayden.
    “He wanted Gene Kelly when he doesn't get Gene Kelly. He casts George C. Scott and George C. Scott then was like, I want to play Buck Turgison instead.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:58:41 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Sterling Hayden: Patton calls him the avatar of a bad mood, always looking like he is in the worst mood.
    “He is a, he is, um, he's the avatar of of a bad mood.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:55:48 · Patton Oswalt (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Sterling Hayden: Stated line on his character: not smart enough to pull it off, too smart to be happy if he did.
    “he's he's not smart enough to pull off a con of this size, but he's too smart to ever be happy if he were to pull it off”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:43:52 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)