Geena Davis

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q280098: 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: Fletch (1985); The Accidental Tourist (1988); Thelma & Louise (1991); A League of Their Own (1992).

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.

Gregory McDonald: 1 line

  1. lineage (source material) · through Fletch (1985), which they acted in: Gregory McDonald ⇒ Fletch (the host's read). Fletch adapts the McDonald novels; the noir voiceover feels like the book, the ad-libbed scenes deviate.
    “So it's a Gregory McDonald novel”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:25:35 · Bill Simmons (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.

Confess, Fletch (2022): 1 line

  1. unmapped (reboot) · through Fletch (1985), which they acted in: Fletch ⇒ Confess, Fletch (the host's read). Chris describes it as a riff on the long-promised Fletch franchise reboot, with Jon Hamm taking the role Chevy Chase made iconic.
    “Chevy Chase did an iconic turn as a Fletch character, a journalist come detective in Los Angeles.”
    The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 1:08:48 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Ryan Reynolds: 1 line

  1. theme (persona successor) · through Fletch (1985), which they acted in: Fletch ⇒ Ryan Reynolds (the host's read). Reynolds stole the Chevy Chase playbook; Deadpool is Fletch.
    “Deadpool is Fletch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:11 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (6) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Geena Davis → Lawrence Kasdan. She later won an Oscar in a Kasdan movie.
    “Who won an Oscar in a Lawrence Castan movie?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Jeff Goldblum → Geena Davis. Goldblum's first wife appears in the opening credits and he later ended up with Geena Davis.
    “who he then broke up with and ended up with Gina Davis.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (future Rewatchables pick): Geena Davis → A League of Their Own. Davis in A League of Their Own is where she marshals her power; a possible future episode.
    “I think a league of their own.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:59:25 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Geena Davis → The Accidental Tourist. Rudin said if Griffith tested for The Accidental Tourist she was out of Working Girl; Davis won the Oscar for it.
    “Scott Ruden says, if she tests for another movie, she's out for working girl.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:31:04 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (recast what-if): Geena Davis → Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. The hosts say Fletch improves if Davis and Wheeler-Nicholson swap parts.
    “Is this a better movie if they just flip Gina Davis and Dana Wheeler Nicholson?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:58:33 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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