Daniel Craig

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q4547: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Cowboys & Aliens, which Iron Man 2 credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Casino Royale (2006); The Golden Compass (2007); The Invasion (2007); Defiance (2008); Quantum of Solace (2008); Cowboys & Aliens (2011); Dream House (2011); The Adventures of Tintin (2011); The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011); Skyfall (2012); Knives Out (2019).

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.

Casino Royale (2006): 2 lines, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Skyfall (2012), which they acted in: Casino Royale ⇒ Skyfall (the host's read). Skyfall is the payoff of the first Craig movie, where Vesper's betrayal shows Bond can feel.
    “it's also the ultimate payoff of what starts in the 1st Craig movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:12:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming) · through Quantum of Solace (2008), which they acted in: Casino Royale ⇒ Quantum of Solace (the host's read). Quantum of Solace is to Casino Royale as Temple of Doom is to Raiders, a bumpy follow-up; they will cover Quantum one day.
    “I think of it as the Temple of Doom to Casino Royals, Raiders of the Lost Ark in like sort of complimentary...”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:52:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Blue Velvet (1986): 1 line

  1. unmapped (quoted line) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they acted in: Blue Velvet ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). The fuck-you-you-fucking-fuck shirt is believed to originate from Dennis Hopper's line in Blue Velvet.
    “Hopper says that in blue velvet.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:24:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Christopher Nolan: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Skyfall (2012), which they acted in: Christopher Nolan ⇒ Skyfall (the host's read). Bond producers wanted their own critically acclaimed thriller since Nolan was having all the fun with Bond-esque movies.
    “Let's do it ourselves.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:02:35 · Chris Ryan (0.80 sure it was them)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Invasion (2007), which they acted in: Invasion of the Body Snatchers ⇒ The Invasion (the host's read). It is a Body Snatchers remake, and that story always feels resonant.
    “This is an invasion of the Body Snatchers remake directed by Oliver Hirschpiegel who directed Downfall, the film about Hitler.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:24:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

Stieg Larsson: 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they acted in: Stieg Larsson ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). The film is Zaillian's abridged adaptation of Larsson's novel, which loses nothing major.
    “I think this is an excellent piece of adaptation that does not really, like, skip anything major.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:49:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Sven Nykvist: 1 line

  1. craft (visual reference) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they acted in: Sven Nykvist ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the maker said so). Someone on the shoot (Fincher, or the DP by the garbled name) wanted a Sven Nykvist look: warm fires, cold rooms.
    “I wanted to do a whole Sven Nikfist thing”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:11:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Dark Knight (2008): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Skyfall (2012), which they acted in: The Dark Knight ⇒ Skyfall (the host's read). Mendes openly lifted the Dark Knight aesthetic and the orphan-avenging-sins idea.
    “Mendy's just very openly lifted a lot of the Dark Knight aesthetic for these movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:46:30 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish, 2009) (2009): 1 line

  1. lineage (remake) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they acted in: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish, 2009) ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). The Fincher film is the American remake of the Swedish original; its director says he was not worried.
    “Everyone who loves film will go see the original.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:54:19 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Social Network (2010): 1 line

  1. people (casting led to) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they acted in: The Social Network ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). Pascal saw the dailies from The Social Network and picked Rooney Mara for Lisbeth Salander.
    “Pascal basically sees the dailies from this movie and is like, Rooney Morris, Elizabeth Salander.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:59:02 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Creed (2015): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Skyfall (2012), which they acted in: Skyfall ⇒ Creed (the host's read). Bringing a prestige director to a franchise leads to Coogler doing Creed and Black Panther.
    “It leads to things like Ryan Kugler does Creed in Black Panther”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:45:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Gone Girl (2014): 1 line

  1. people (casting approach) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they acted in: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The speaker thinks Fincher's exhaustive casting search on Dragon Tattoo informed how he cast Amy with someone new to the audience.
    “that exhaustive casting search, which I do think informs the way he approaches Amy going into this movie as well”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:55:22 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Quantum of Solace (2008): 1 line, within their own work

  1. programming (programming) · through Casino Royale (2006), which they acted in: Casino Royale ⇒ Quantum of Solace (the host's read). Quantum of Solace is to Casino Royale as Temple of Doom is to Raiders, a bumpy follow-up; they will cover Quantum one day.
    “I think of it as the Temple of Doom to Casino Royals, Raiders of the Lost Ark in like sort of complimentary...”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:52:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Skyfall (2012): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Casino Royale (2006), which they acted in: Casino Royale ⇒ Skyfall (the host's read). Skyfall is the payoff of the first Craig movie, where Vesper's betrayal shows Bond can feel.
    “it's also the ultimate payoff of what starts in the 1st Craig movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:12:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (15) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Sean Connery → Daniel Craig. Craig is a legitimately great actor, which wasn't true of most Bonds; Connery hadn't yet built his chops.
    “They were great movie performers, but not necessarily great actors.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:17:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Daniel Craig → Knives Out. Craig's Skyfall is his Apex Mountain; Knives Out lacks equal power.
    “He's pretty great in knives out.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:00:28 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Daniel Craig → Tom Cruise. Craig is a fantastic movie runner, maybe number two behind Cruise.
    “Daniel Craig, like, is a fantastic movie runner, might be number two behind the cruise.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:22:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (performance compared): Daniel Craig → Andrew Garfield. Craig is doing the Andrew Garfield cutie-sweetie thing from Social Network.
    “And Daniel Craig is doing the Andrew Garfield thing of being a cutie little sweetie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 2:31:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (shared work ethic): Michael Fassbender → Daniel Craig. Fincher says Fassbender is like Daniel Craig: both keep asking for more takes.
    “He says, Fincher says he's like Daniel Craig.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:55:43 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (shoot schedule): Daniel Craig → The Adventures of Tintin. Fincher met Craig on the set of Tintin to persuade him.
    “He meets with Craig to try to convince him to take the role while filming Tintin.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:55:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Daniel Craig → Knives Out. Craig is nominated as a lead (the Blankies put him in the supporting ranking, which the speaker questions); speaker also wants him to grow a mustache.
    “I want a little bit of distance from Daniel Craig in that performance visually.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:41:57 · Joe Reid (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Thor → Daniel Craig. Before Hemsworth, Daniel Craig was offered the part of Thor and turned it down.
    “Daniel Craig is offered the role.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:27:17 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Daniel Craig: The training tracksuit made of suit wool and low-top Adidas.
    “he's just in 2012 rocking that with like low top Adidas”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:48:33 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Daniel Craig: Apex Mountain: opens the Olympics and stars in a billion-dollar Bond.
    “Opens the Olympics, stars in a $1000000000 James Bond movie that is considered the best James Bond movie ever.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:00:17 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Daniel Craig: Griffin's Letterboxd review of the film mocked Craig's glasses.
    “Daniel Craig wearing glasses a way that no one has ever worn glasses in their life.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:43:50 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Daniel Craig: Craig suggested Orinoco Flow for the killer's real-to-real, then ran to fetch his iPod.
    “It was Daniel Craig who famously suggested Orango Flow.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 2:21:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)