Anna Kendrick

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010); The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010); Trolls (2016); Trolls World Tour (2020).

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.

1980s bully movies: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they acted in: 1980s bully movies ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read). Van loves the Lucas Lee fight because it recalls cheesy 80s bully fights and flips them, Scott winning through wiliness.
    “the fights that I love from, uh, bully fights are like from 80s, cheesy 80s movies.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:33:29 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them)

Adventure Time (TV series): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Trolls (2016), which they acted in: Adventure Time (TV series) ⇒ Trolls (the host's read). Trolls' look is the end of a chain from webcomics and Adult Swim through Adventure Time to mainstream kids animation.
    “So you end up getting things like adventure time that feel more like what adult swim used to feel like than what a children's show used to feel like.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson · 1:01:36 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Drunken Master 2: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they acted in: Drunken Master 2 ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read). Jason says Matthew Patel's leg-gyrating move echoes a Ken Lo move in Drunken Master 2.
    “Matthew Patel even does some of the moves that Ken Lo, as Johnny does in Drunken Master 2”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:31:56 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)

Five Deadly Venoms (1978): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they acted in: Five Deadly Venoms ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the maker said so: Edgar, on the show). Edgar says that before shooting he watched Shaw Brothers mystical kung fu like Five Deadly Venoms to get in the mood.
    “Shaw Brothers type movies like, um, um, 5 deadly venoms”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:07:37 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

Jackie Chan: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they acted in: Jackie Chan ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the maker said so: Edgar, on the show). Edgar says he was a huge Jackie Chan fan going in.
    “I was a huge Jackie Chan fan.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:07:20 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

King Boxer (1972): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they acted in: King Boxer ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the maker said so: Edgar, on the show). Also on Edgar's pre-production kung fu watch list.
    “5 fingers of death”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:07:37 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

Phantom of the Paradise (1974): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they acted in: Phantom of the Paradise ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read). Phantom of the Paradise is named as one ingredient of the film's rock-and-spectacle mix.
    “It's one part Bruce Lee, one part the Matrix, one part Phantom of the Paradise.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:03:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Shrek (2001): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Trolls (2016), which they acted in: Shrek ⇒ Trolls (the host's read). Trolls has Shrek-distilled humor: self-referential asides for the parents.
    “this weird, annoying Shrek, you know, as you say, Shrek, distilled or whatever, like type of humor”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson · 1:02:37 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

The Hunt (2020): 1 line

  1. unmapped (VOD precedent) · through Trolls World Tour (2020), which they acted in: The Hunt ⇒ Trolls World Tour (the host's read). The Hunt, Emma and The Invisible Man were the first theatrical-to-VOD moves and set the 19.99 price.
    “the person who decided that 1999 was the right rental price for, I think, was it was it the Hunt, an Invisible Man, and Emma.”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:19:23 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

The Matrix (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they acted in: The Matrix ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read). Sean breaks the staging down into influences: Bruce Lee, The Matrix, and Phantom of the Paradise.
    “It's one part Bruce Lee, one part the Matrix, one part Phantom of the Paradise.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:03:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

The One-Armed Boxer: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they acted in: The One-Armed Boxer ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the maker said so: Edgar, on the show). Part of the same Shaw Brothers viewing list Edgar did before the shoot.
    “one arm boxer”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:07:37 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

Toy Story 2 (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Trolls (2016), which they acted in: Toy Story 2 ⇒ Trolls (the host's read). Branch's grandmother backstory is likened to Jessie's flashback in Toy Story 2.
    “they like try to do the like Jesse Toy Story 2.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson · 1:44:03 · unknown (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.

Baby Driver (2017): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they acted in: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Baby Driver (the host's read). Sean says Wright's music-synced action staging, perfected in Baby Driver, begins with Scott Pilgrim.
    “The perfectly synchronized music to action staging the Wright Perfected and Baby Driver starts with Scott Pilgrim.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:02:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they acted in: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Baby Driver (the host's read). Sean says Wright used this film to work out his rhythm, pacing and use of music, so Baby Driver does not exist without it.
    “there is no baby driver without this movie in terms of like the rhythm and the pacing and the way that he uses music.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:39:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Deadpool (2016): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they acted in: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Deadpool (the host's read). Same claim: Deadpool's fourth-wall breaking was made possible by this movie breaking it down.
    “Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

San Diego Comic-Con: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), which they acted in: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ⇒ San Diego Comic-Con (the host's read). Twilight fans camping out for Hall H changed fandom protocol, then Marvel fans retaliated.
    “the Twyhards are the one who started that thing of like, Hall H is the biggest venue”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 1:42:51 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they acted in: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (the host's read). Sean says Deadpool, the Lego movie and Spider-Verse could not happen without this film having broken the fourth wall first.
    “Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

The Lego Movie (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they acted in: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ The Lego Movie (the host's read). Same claim: the Lego movie's self-aware tone follows Scott Pilgrim.
    “Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (4) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

No claims join them to a film or another person.

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Anna Kendrick: Edgar found his old casting notes; next to Kendrick he had written that they would be lucky to have her.
    “we'd be lucky to have her.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:12:46 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)