Laurence Fishburne

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q193048: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (5 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.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

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 (5) everyone in acting

actor (homeless-assassin network), John Wick: Chapter 2 (The Rewatchables, 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano)
actor, King of New York (The Big Picture, The 1990 Movie Draft)
actor in Boyz n the Hood, Boyz n the Hood (The Big Picture, Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster)
actor, The Matrix (Blank Check — Patreon, 2025 March Madness Update 1)
Bumpy Johnson, Hoodlum (Blank Check — Patreon, The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free))

Other (2) everyone in other

what-if casting (sergeant), Domestic Disturbance (The Rewatchables, ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
actor (initial pick for Jules), Pulp Fiction (The Rewatchables, ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

people (people): Boyz n the Hood → Laurence Fishburne. Fishburne's performance is the best; missing an Oscar is a crime against nature.
“How Larry Fishman doesn't have an Oscar from that movie.”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:15:33 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

verdict (verdict): Laurence Fishburne → The Matrix. Fishburne is miracle casting for Morpheus.
“Of course he's not because Larry Fishburn is like the miracle casting of that movie”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:09:41 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

what-if (what-if): Samuel L. Jackson → Laurence Fishburne. Tarantino expected Fishburne for Jules; Jackson was a backup.
“And then Sam Jackson was a backup”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:41:15 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.