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 other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Die Hard 2 (1990). Count them as actor (4 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.

58 Minutes (1987): 1 line

  1. lineage (source material) · through Die Hard 2 (1990), which they were tied to as proposed recast for TV reporter: 58 Minutes ⇒ Die Hard 2 (the host's read). The screenplay was adapted from Walter Wager's 1987 novel with a similar plot.
    “Screenplay was adapted from Walter Wagers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:19:50 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Manuel Noriega: 1 line

  1. lineage (real-world inspiration) · through Die Hard 2 (1990), which they were tied to as proposed recast for TV reporter: Manuel Noriega ⇒ Die Hard 2 (the maker said so: the screenwriter admitted it). The writer admitted the script grabbed smoke from Iran-Contra and Manuel Noriega.
    “there's definitely some Iran Contra, kind of, they're just grabbing smoke from that whole scandal and shoehorning into this with Manuel Noriega in real life.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:20:16 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Positive K: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Die Hard 2 (1990), which they were tied to as proposed recast for TV reporter: Die Hard 2 ⇒ Positive K (the host's read). Positive K's song 'I Got a Man' samples a line from Die Hard 2, so the song now brings the movie to mind.
    “And then that line got sampled on, I got a man, the positive K song. So now every time you hear that song, you hear that line from that movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:43:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 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)