Emily Blunt

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q193517: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Oppenheimer, which Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott credits them on.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Iron Man 2 (2010); Captain America: The First Avenger (2011); Gone Girl (2014). Count them as actor (13 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.

A Simple Plan (1998): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation model) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: A Simple Plan ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so). Flynn used A Simple Plan as her model for adapting her own novel, then worried she could not match it.
    “And she said, so I tried to use that as a model and then I freaked myself out because I was like, well, this is too good. I won't do this well.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:36:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Alex Cross: 1 line

  1. people (led to casting) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: Alex Cross ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). Perry's turn in Alex Cross is given as the reason Fincher cast him as Tanner Bolt.
    “Well, that's why Fisher cast him in this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:09:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Aliens (1986): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which they were tied to as wanted for Peggy: Aliens ⇒ Captain America: The First Avenger (the host's read). The frozen-find cold open structurally echoes the discovery sequence that opens Aliens.
    “this is also actually very similar to is the opening of aliens.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:10:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn novel) ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The film adapts Flynn's novel, and the first-person diary trickery was the open question about how it would work on screen.
    “Because it is such like a little fun piece of 1st person narration trickery.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:34:23 · Esther Zuckerman (0.70 sure it was them)

Hancock (2008): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they were tied to as actor (originally cast as Black Widow): Hancock ⇒ Iron Man 2 (the host's read). The Demon in a Bottle alcoholism arc was dodged partly because Hancock had already done a drinking superhero two months after the first Iron Man.
    “Because Hancock comes out. 2 months after the 1st Iron Man.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:12:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Iron Man 2 (2010): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which they were tied to as wanted for Peggy: Iron Man 2 ⇒ Captain America: The First Avenger (the host's read). The Stark Expo of the 1940s is the origin of the Expo seen in Iron Man 2, now as the full World's Fair version.
    “Like what we see in Iron Man 2, but now it's like the full like 40s World Fair version.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:19:47 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Lolita (1962): 1 line

  1. theme (character type (Desi)) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: Lolita ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so: In the commentary). On the commentary Fincher says he wanted a Claire Quilty type for Desi and found it in Neil Patrick Harris.
    “Fincher said he wanted a Claire quilty type and he's like, what's a modern Claire quilty type?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:18:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Reese Witherspoon: 1 line

  1. lineage (originated the project) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: Reese Witherspoon ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). Witherspoon took the book and had the idea of bringing Fincher on board.
    “takes this book, has the smart idea, bring Fincher on board.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:20:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Steven Soderbergh: 1 line

  1. unmapped (nod to a friend) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: Steven Soderbergh ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so). Fincher put Soderbergh's Singani 63 in the film as a nod to his buddy and let him pick the scene.
    “Fincher wanted to put it in the movie, as a nod to his buddy, Sudi, and said, uh, you can pick the scene where you want it applied.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:25:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): 1 line

  1. people (casting approach) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The speaker thinks Fincher's exhaustive casting search on Dragon Tattoo informed how he cast Amy with someone new to the audience.
    “that exhaustive casting search, which I do think informs the way he approaches Amy going into this movie as well”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:55:22 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Truth: Red, White & Black (comic): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which they were tied to as wanted for Peggy: Truth: Red, White & Black (comic) ⇒ Captain America: The First Avenger (the host's read). The one-off serum process loosely connects to the Truth miniseries retcon about earlier black experimentees.
    “Truth is a book that essentially theorizes that there was like a Tuskegee airman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:47:45 · David Sims (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.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): 1 line

  1. people (led to casting) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: Gone Girl ⇒ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (the host's read). While making Gone Girl, Affleck reportedly joked to his agent that he needed a heroic-chin movie after the evil-chin one.
    “the joke was the chin things in the script, he calls up his agent, while making Gone Girl, and says, like, I'm doing the evil chin movie now, you got to find me a heroic chin movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 1:06:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Black Panther (2018): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which they were tied to as wanted for Peggy: Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Black Panther (the host's read). Vibranium, the shield metal, leads to Wakanda; adamantium is the X-Men analogue the MCU couldn't use.
    “So instead they use vibranium as their super metal.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 1:27:32 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022): 1 line

  1. theme (character introduction) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they were tied to as actor (originally cast as Black Widow): Iron Man 2 ⇒ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (the host's read). Van says the MCU has introduced characters inside other movies before, like Black Widow in Iron Man 2.
    “Black Widow makes her a parent, her 1st appearance.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:37:22 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they were tied to as actor (originally cast as Black Widow): Iron Man 2 ⇒ Captain America: The First Avenger (the host's read). The Stark Expo of the 1940s is the origin of the Expo seen in Iron Man 2, now as the full World's Fair version.
    “Like what we see in Iron Man 2, but now it's like the full like 40s World Fair version.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:19:47 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which they were tied to as wanted for Peggy: Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Captain America: The Winter Soldier (the host's read). Zola surviving and joining the other side is the seed for Winter Soldier.
    “Because you need Zola to join the other side.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 1:34:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Captain Marvel (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which they were tied to as wanted for Peggy: Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). The film goes back to the Steve Rogers style of origin story.
    “here's how Steve Rogers became a super soldier style of storytelling.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:03:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Chris Pratt: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which they were tied to as wanted for Peggy: Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Chris Pratt (the host's read). The beefcake shot of Pratt echoes Chris Evans out of the tank, and Marvel now puts one in every trailer.
    “It's Chris Evans coming out of the tank, Captain America.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:37:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Iron Man 3 (2013): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they were tied to as actor (originally cast as Black Widow): Iron Man 2 ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 2's failure forced something new, giving Shane Black room to make a better third film.
    “But also, that is why the 3rd one is good because the 2nd one was such a mistake that they were like, we don't know.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:20:47 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (22) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Emily Blunt → Looper. Looper was when people started to say they liked her; Edge is where she is agreed to be a star.
    “Looper felt smart for using her so well.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:57:59 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Emily Blunt → The Devil Wears Prada. Prada plus My Summer of Love is how she was discovered and signed to a two-picture deal.
    “they're like, here's a discovery.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:58:42 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (5)

  1. what-if (what-if): Emily Blunt → Edge of Tomorrow. Blunt as a female Bond because of action credibility in Edge of Tomorrow and Sicario.
    “She's the biggest badass and you buy it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:18:07 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Emily Blunt → Iron Man 2. Fox kept Blunt in Gulliver's Travels instead of letting her be Black Widow in Iron Man 2 and the Avengers.
    “Then John Favreau was like, I want you to play Black Widow and Iron Man 2”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:58:49 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Emily Blunt → Get Him to the Greek. Blunt dropped out of Get Him to the Greek; Rose Byrne replaced her and entered the Apatow system, leaving Blunt in a middle zone until Edge.
    “They replaced her with Rose Byrne, who then gets properly fed into the Appatau system”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:59:36 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Emily Blunt → Captain America: The First Avenger. Marvel wanted a big rising British name for Peggy, first Emily Blunt and Keira Knightley, since the Steve actor seemed likely to be unknown.
    “This was another one where it was like, they really wanted Emily Blunt to do it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 1:01:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (what-if): Scarlett Johansson → Emily Blunt. Black Widow was meant for Blunt, who passed because she was contracted to Gulliver's Travels.
    “But this was supposed to be Emily Blunt, and she passes because they had her contractually obligated to make golfers travels.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:55:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Emily Blunt: Blunt lost Black Widow because Fox made her do Gulliver's Travels, and Rose Byrne took the Get Him to the Greek role.
    “Fox goes, no, no, no, nah, nah.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:58:55 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Emily Blunt: Blunt's Smartlist story: she cried the first time in the suit and Cruise said 'come on, stop being a pussy'; it was a joke and went viral.
    “stop being a pussy, okay?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:03:21 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)