Stanley Tucci

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q223117: 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: Billy Bathgate (1991); The Devil Wears Prada (2006); Easy A (2010); Captain America: The First Avenger (2011); Margin Call (2011); Murder One; Supernova.

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.

Aliens (1986): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which they acted in: Aliens ⇒ Captain America: The First Avenger (the host's read). The frozen-find cold open structurally echoes the discovery sequence that opens Aliens.
    “this is also actually very similar to is the opening of aliens.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:10:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Election (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in: Election ⇒ Easy A (the host's read). Olive's unbothered, stronger-than-the-bully stance continues the Tracy Flick character through Book Smart's Beanie Feldstein.
    “the Tracy Flick character that we have seen just grow and grow all the way up to like the most recently book smart with Beanie Felsian's character.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:56:33 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in: Ferris Bueller's Day Off ⇒ Easy A (the maker said so). Director Will Gluck has said Ferris Bueller is his favorite movie, and Olive's Mohawk and guitar bits echo it.
    “I think the director, Will Gluck, has like talked about how Ferris Bueller is, I think, his favorite movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:12:38 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Iron Man 2 (2010): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which they acted in: Iron Man 2 ⇒ Captain America: The First Avenger (the host's read). The Stark Expo of the 1940s is the origin of the Expo seen in Iron Man 2, now as the full World's Fair version.
    “Like what we see in Iron Man 2, but now it's like the full like 40s World Fair version.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:19:47 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

John Hughes: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in: John Hughes ⇒ Easy A (the host's read). Easy A is in open dialogue with Hughes: Olive says her life is not a John Hughes movie and the finale has a Hughes montage.
    “But also she, like, literally says in the dialogue, my life isn't a John Hughes movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:12:55 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Oliver Stone: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Margin Call (2011), which they acted in: Oliver Stone ⇒ Margin Call (the maker said so: Brian speaking about his own writing). Oliver Stone is as big an influence on Brian's dialogue as anybody but Mamet.
    “Oliver Stone's big an influence on the way that I write dialogue as anybody but Mammoth.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:09:43 · Brian Koppelman (0.65 sure it was them)

One Tree Hill: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in: One Tree Hill ⇒ Easy A (the host's read). The webcam broadcasting echoes Peyton on One Tree Hill, so there was a precedent.
    “There's 2 pieces of this movie that have strong callbacks to one Tree Hill.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:47:17 · Juliet Litman (0.60 sure it was them)

The Scarlet Letter (Demi Moore version): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in: The Scarlet Letter (Demi Moore version) ⇒ Easy A (the host's read). The movie nods to the Scarlet Letter and its puritanical heritage; Olive jokes about watching the Demi Moore version.
    “does its best or at least at times nods to the Scarlet letter and kind of like, you know, the puritanical heritage”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:52:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Truth: Red, White & Black (comic): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which they acted in: Truth: Red, White & Black (comic) ⇒ Captain America: The First Avenger (the host's read). The one-off serum process loosely connects to the Truth miniseries retcon about earlier black experimentees.
    “Truth is a book that essentially theorizes that there was like a Tuskegee airman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:47:45 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Working Girl (1988): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Devil Wears Prada (2006), which they acted in: Working Girl ⇒ The Devil Wears Prada (the host's read). Working Girl sprinkled its DNA over later beloved movies, Pretty Woman and Devil Wears Prada chief among them.
    “And it's just sprinkling DNA over all these beloved movies over the next 40 years, but those were Pretty Woman and Devil wears Prada were the 2 that I was like, oh, yeah.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:13:35 · Joanna Robinson (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Billions: 2 lines

  1. career (career) · through Margin Call (2011), which they acted in: Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show). Koppelman says Margin Call reaffirmed how he and Dave had thought about these people, and made a hedge-fund story make more sense than a bank story.
    “margin call may be reaffirmed that the way Dave and I thought about these people, as we'd met them, was pretty much like the way a lot of them are”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:21:18 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Margin Call (2011), which they acted in: Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show). Koppelman says the borrowed lesson is that Margin Call does not speak down to the viewer.
    “this movie doesn't speak down to the viewer”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:21:59 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Black Panther (2018): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which they acted in: Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Black Panther (the host's read). Vibranium, the shield metal, leads to Wakanda; adamantium is the X-Men analogue the MCU couldn't use.
    “So instead they use vibranium as their super metal.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 1:27:32 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which they acted in: Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Captain America: The Winter Soldier (the host's read). Zola surviving and joining the other side is the seed for Winter Soldier.
    “Because you need Zola to join the other side.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 1:34:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Captain Marvel (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which they acted in: Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). The film goes back to the Steve Rogers style of origin story.
    “here's how Steve Rogers became a super soldier style of storytelling.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:03:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Chris Pratt: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which they acted in: Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Chris Pratt (the host's read). The beefcake shot of Pratt echoes Chris Evans out of the tank, and Marvel now puts one in every trailer.
    “It's Chris Evans coming out of the tank, Captain America.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:37:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Emma Stone: 1 line

  1. verdict (verdict) · through Easy A (2010), which they acted in: Easy A ⇒ Emma Stone (the host's read). Easy A isn't Stone's peak, but she doesn't reach it without this movie.
    “it's not technically her Apex Mountain, but she doesn't get to her Apex Mountain without this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:26:57 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (8) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Stanley Tucci → Big Night. Koppelman says he is a fanatic for Big Night and Tucci always has humanity.
    “I'm a fanatic for big night”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:46:28 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Stanley Tucci → The Devil Wears Prada. Easy A is part of Stanley Tucci's comedy phase, alongside The Devil Wears Prada.
    “this is kind of the Stanley Tucci comedy phase”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:30:55 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (people): Stanley Tucci → Philip Seymour Hoffman. Koppelman says that when Hoffman was alive, Tucci and Hoffman were the two actors he most wanted to work with.
    “Tucci and Philip Seymour Hoffman were like the 2 people, I didn't get to work with what most want to work with”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:46:28 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Margin Call → Stanley Tucci. The Tucci performance at the center is as good as anything you will see.
    “There is a performance from Stanley Tucci in the center of that film.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:11:47 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Captain America: The First Avenger → Stanley Tucci. Tucci lifts the film and his writing sets up the theme of the movie.
    “because he single-handedly elevates this film 25%.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:22:22 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Stanley Tucci: The stoop scene was the first thing shot; the whole movie builds to it.
    “they shot that on the 1st day of shooting.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:47:27 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Stanley Tucci: The sailboat on the retirement-guide cover in the layoff scene is perfect.
    “let's have a sailboat on the fucking cover”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:48:13 · Ryen Russillo (0.70 sure it was them)