Michael Madsen

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q220584: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the subject film of ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Pulp Fiction (1994). 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.

Deliverance (1972): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (wanted for Vincent): Deliverance ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The pawn shop sequence is inspired by Deliverance and transplants a Tennessee 1974 pawn shop to Hollywood.
    “It's not just that he's inspired by deliverance.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:44 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Joe Dante: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (wanted for Vincent): Joe Dante ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Monster Joe's truck and tow is named after Joe Dante, whom Tarantino interviewed in the 80s.
    “Apparently named after Joe Dante, director of Gremlins”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:06:41 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (wanted for Vincent): Kiss Me Deadly ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The briefcase is an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase, a metaphor for danger.
    “It's interesting because it is such an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:23:29 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Lee Majors: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (wanted for Vincent): Lee Majors ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The setup of Vincent taking the boss's wife out echoes a Hollywood story about Lee Majors asking someone to take Farrah Fawcett out while he was away.
    “Because Lee Majors is going out of town.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:49 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Reservoir Dogs (1992): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (wanted for Vincent): Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Pulp's opening two-song credits echo the radio dial concept from Reservoir Dogs.
    “Well, the radio, the concept of the radio had been in Reservoir Dogs, but I think switching the songs in the middle, because you hear him change the dial.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)

Shaft (1971): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (wanted for Vincent): Shaft ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Bad motherfucker wallet reference to the Shaft theme.
    “It was a reference to the theme song of Shaft.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:45 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Captain Marvel (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (wanted for Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). Samuel L. Jackson driving around mid-90s Los Angeles evokes Jules Winfield, a clever but surface 90s nod.
    “a Samuel L. Jackson character in the mid 90s driving around in a car in Los Angeles, a la Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Misery (1990): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (wanted for Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction.
    “The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (wanted for Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction imitators: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (wanted for Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Pulp Fiction imitators (the host's read). The Royale-in-Paris, Amsterdam conversation is the most parodied and copied stretch of screenwriting of the last 30 years.
    “Yeah. I would argue this is the most ripped off four and a half minutes of screenwriting in the past 30 years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Samuel L. Jackson: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (wanted for Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Samuel L. Jackson (the host's read). Nick Fury's diner scene is described as a try at a Tarantino diner, with Jules-style rhythm.
    “I'm trying to do some like fucking Tarantino diner scene.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:05:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Station Eleven (2021): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (wanted for Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Station Eleven (the host's read). Time-shifting storytelling that Pulp put front and center is still used in current TV.
    “Yeah, it's like still showing up in like station 11.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:39 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (22) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (7)

  1. career (career): Michael Madsen → True Romance. Madsen's ineffable cool runs through Dogs, True Romance and Species.
    “You see it in true romance and you see it here.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:04:19 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Michael Madsen → John Travolta. Madsen's 90s roles overlapped with the ones Travolta was getting.
    “Also in the 90s for him, a lot of his roles to me intersected with roles that Travolta was getting.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:06:19 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Michael Madsen → Pulp Fiction. Madsen passed up Pulp Fiction, which was the turning point of his career.
    “Like he passed up pulp fiction, like he probably has the most juice right around there.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:15:03 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Michael Madsen → The Doors. Madsen played the John Holmes-type character in The Doors.
    “Manson was the John Holmes character in the doors.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Michael Madsen → Species. Madsen's run culminates in Species, a great performance with Marg Helgenberger.
    “All culminating in species, where he gets one of the great performances of all time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Michael Madsen → Pulp Fiction. Madsen not being in Pulp Fiction is explained by the Vega-brothers plan.
    “the plan, long term, was to do the Vega Brothers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:53:19 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Michael Madsen → The Hateful Eight. Madsen's voice has gone raspy, hard to understand in The Hateful Eight.
    “He's got the raspiest, darkest, most difficult to understand voice and the hateful eight.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:38 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Michael Madsen → Tom Sizemore. The panel splits on Madsen versus Sizemore; Madsen can do everything Sizemore can, plus be the leading man.
    “I think Madson can do everything that Sizemore can do.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:22:28 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Michael Madsen → Humphrey Bogart. Madsen is the Bogart-like figure at the center of the Species team.
    “He is this like, like kind of Humphrey Bogart figure in the middle of this team”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:04:09 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Michael Madsen → Ava Gardner. Madsen feels like a time-machined 1940s or 50s actor who belongs opposite Ava Gardner.
    “But I think that thing that stands out for me with him is he feels like a 1940s or 50s actor.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:05:20 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (3)

  1. verdict (verdict): Michael Madsen → Species II. Madsen called Species 2 lousy and said he only did it for the paycheck.
    “I only did it for the paycheck.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:59:55 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Michael Madsen → Reservoir Dogs. Apex mountain pick for Madsen is Reservoir Dogs, argued against by the VHS-era 1995 context.
    “Uh, I would say probably Reservoir”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:14:23 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (favorite actors): Quentin Tarantino → Michael Madsen. Tarantino has gotten the best out of actors like Travolta, Madsen, Jamie Foxx, David Carradine.
    “He's definitely gotten the best Madsons, yeah.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:19:29 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (5)

  1. what-if (what-if): Michael Madsen → Face/Off. Madsen could have played in Face/Off.
    “Could have been good in face off.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:06:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Michael Madsen → CSI. After 1997 Madsen should have done a CSI-type show; he and Helgenberger had the chemistry.
    “The move in retrospect after like 97, he should have just done like a CSI type show.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:06:47 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Michael Madsen → Basic Instinct. Madsen could have played the Michael Douglas part in Basic Instinct.
    “Like Madson could have been the Michael Douglas basic instinct part.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:22:58 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Michael Madsen → Shooter. Shooter needed someone clean-cut with a dark side, and that is Madsen.
    “The only thing about shooter is shooter, shooter had to be somebody that looked clean cut but had a dark side, that's Madson.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:23:17 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (what-if): Michael Madsen → Reservoir Dogs. Madsen first auditioned for Mr. Pink.
    “Michael Madson originally auditioned for Mr. Pink.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:25 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Michael Madsen: Madsen said he liked Species because he got to play a good guy; he hated Species 2.
    “he was like, I liked species because I got to play a good guy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:04:00 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Michael Madsen: Madsen's tough-guy introduction is handing off a cat; the speakers joke it was Madsen's idea and Donaldson just needed the shot.
    “The 1st time we see him, he's handing a cat to his cat center, awesome moment.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:20:42 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Michael Madsen: The Cadillac in the film is the same one from Reservoir Dogs.
    “Same Cadillac that appeared in Reservoir Dogs in 1992, driven by Michael... the cops in the trunk?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:05:26 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Michael Madsen: The ear scene cuts away to the 'watch your head' graffiti for about 10 seconds; the hosts like that Tarantino rarely shows violence.
    “they pan and they just show the watch your head graffiti above the doorway for about 10 seconds.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:38:52 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)