Adam Driver

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q4678990: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Midnight Special, which Starman with Katey Rich credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Midnight Special (2016); Marriage Story (2019); The Report (2019); House of Gucci (2021); The Last Duel (2021); Ferrari (2023); Megalopolis (2024); 65; This Is Where I Leave You; White Noise.

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.

Brock Yates: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Ferrari (2023), which they acted in: Brock Yates ⇒ Ferrari (the host's read). Ferrari adapts the Brock Yates book on Enzo Ferrari.
    “by Brock Yates”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:05:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Starman (1984): 1 line

  1. verdict (same story, better version) · through Midnight Special (2016), which they acted in: Starman ⇒ Midnight Special (the host's read). Midnight Special is called Spielbergian but really Starman-like; its Adam Driver agent does the benevolent-government-agent role better than Starman's.
    “I'm like, God, that's so Starman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:02:29 · Katey Rich (0.45 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

Acting (13) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Adam Driver → White Noise. Driver's resume is daring, but he sometimes makes a puzzling pick like White Noise.
    “white noise.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:29:25 · Amanda Dobbins (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Adam Driver → 65. Driver took a weaker film in 65 while waiting for a good movie like Ferrari.
    “65 was pretty stupid.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:29:29 · Amanda Dobbins (0.30 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (actor comparison): Christian Bale → Adam Driver. Bale takes weird projects, even bad movies, a bit like Driver, but is more flexible.
    “He's almost like there's there's a bit of the Adam Driver thing going on with them.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:13:47 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Michael Mann → Adam Driver. Mann has begun a love affair with Driver like many auteurs in the last ten years.
    “He's obviously begun a love affair, like so many Otours in the last 10 years have with Adam Driver”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:08:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (role comparison): Charles Martin Smith → Adam Driver. Driver's benevolent-yet-menacing government agent in Midnight Special works better than Martin Smith's unfocused scientist in Starman.
    “works a lot better in that movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:02:37 · Katey Rich (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): Adam Driver → Ferrari. Sean calls Driver's Ferrari the best performance he saw this year, a movie-star performance.
    “this is the best performance I saw this year”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:28:41 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Adam Driver → Marriage Story. Driver's performance tilts audience sympathy to him; Johansson good but not on his level.
    “I think she's good, but she's not on his level.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:58:10 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if casting): Adam Driver → Heat. A wish-list casting for Heat 2 is Driver and Isaac in the De Niro and Pacino roles.
    “well, you just do it with Adam Driver and Oscar Isaac.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:26:50 · unknown (host) (0.30 sure it was them)

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