James Gandolfini

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q308722: 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: 8mm (1999); Romance & Cigarettes; Surviving Christmas; The Mexican.

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.

Hardcore (1979): 1 line

lineage (rip-off) · through 8mm (1999), which they acted in: Hardcore ⇒ 8mm (the host's read). Says 8mm directly rips off Hardcore, in the style of Se7en.
“It's ripping off hardcore in the style of seven.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:42:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Seven (1995): 1 line

lineage (rip-off) · through 8mm (1999), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ 8mm (the host's read). Calls 8mm Schumacher ripping off Se7en.
“8 millimeter is Schumacher ripping off seven.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:41:48 · unknown (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.

Unfriended: Dark Web (2018): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through 8mm (1999), which they acted in: 8mm ⇒ Unfriended: Dark Web (the host's read). Dark Web, about buying snuff on the dark web, is an unofficial sequel to 8MM.
“It's sort of an unofficial sequel to 8 millimeter.”
The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:48:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (4) everyone in acting

actor, The Mexican (Blank Check with Griffin & David, As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard)
actor, 8mm (Blank Check with Griffin & David, As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard)
actor, Romance & Cigarettes (Blank Check with Griffin & David, As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard)
star, Surviving Christmas (Blank Check — Patreon, Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson)

Other (2) everyone in other

hypothetical recast as Sam, Margin Call (The Rewatchables, ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman)
recast as Nice Guy Eddie, Reservoir Dogs (The Rewatchables, ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)

What was said about them, by kind

what-if (2)

what-if (what-if): James Gandolfini → Kevin Spacey. Koppelman says Gandolfini would have been incredible as Sam.
“Gandalfini would have been fucking incredible as Sam.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:26:18 · Brian Koppelman (0.70 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): James Gandolfini → Reservoir Dogs. Recast of Nice Guy Eddie; he also has the bearing of Joe Cabot.
“Also, I think Gandalfini as either as nice guy.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:16:34 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.