Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q1972214: 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 Fly (1986); Tombstone (1993); Bye Bye Love (1995).

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.

The Godfather (1972): 2 lines

  1. craft (craft) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: The Godfather ⇒ Tombstone (the maker said so: Russell, in his True West magazine interview). Russell's intended tone was a Western Godfather; Jarre's version was more elegant.
    “Well, Russell says it, it was basically the godfather of Westerns.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:10:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: The Godfather ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read). The Oriental faro takeover shows the Godfather-like business side Russell wanted.
    “You could see the godfather thing that Russell's talking about when he moves into Tombstone and immediately takes over the Faro game at the Oriental.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:55 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

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)

John Ford: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: John Ford ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read). Contrast: Ford Westerns vs gnarly, vulgar Tombstone.
    “bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Three Amigos (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: Three Amigos ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read). The wedding-execution opening resembles the Three Amigos setup.
    “this movie's after the 3 amigos, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:23 · Chris Ryan (0.30 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)

Deadwood (2004): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: Tombstone ⇒ Deadwood (the host's read). Tombstone as the bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood.
    “I tend to think of this movie as the bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 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 (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Dana Wheeler-Nicholson → Fletch. Dana Wheeler-Nicholson is the girl from Fletch.
    “That girl from Fletch, can I borrow a towel?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:55:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Dana Wheeler-Nicholson → Bye Bye Love. Underrated Dana W-N performance as one of the moms.
    “Underrated Dana Wheeler Nicholson performances Bye-bye Love”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:56:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (typecasting): Dana Wheeler-Nicholson → The Fly. Six-foot Wheeler-Nicholson was always cast opposite tall leading men such as Goldblum in The Fly.
    “She always played against really tall leading men, you know, like opposite Goldbloom and the fly.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:59:05 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Lisa Eilbacher → Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. Two hosts share a soft spot for the women of the era: Eilbacher here and Wheeler-Nicholson in Fletch.
    “Bill and I both have a soft spot for Jenny Summers for Dana Wheeler, Nicholson and Fletch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:42:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (recast what-if): Dana Wheeler-Nicholson → Elizabeth Shue. Sean says casting Elizabeth Shue or Sharon Stone as Gail Stanwick would make Fletch a thousand times better.
    “if you just put Elizabeth Shu or Sharon Stone in this movie, it's a 1000 times better.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:51:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 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

  1. fun, about Dana Wheeler-Nicholson: The Saul Rubinek Award debate for overacting; hosts split over her laudanum scenes.
    “Dude, you guys are both fucking wrong.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:58:42 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)