Javier Bardem

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q134895: 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: No Country for Old Men (2007); Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008); Biutiful (2010); Eat Pray Love (2010); Skyfall (2012); To the Wonder (2012); The Counselor (2013); Mother (2017); Dune (2021); Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022); Dune: Part Two (2024); F1 (2025); No Country for Old Men (Anton Chigurh reference); The Little Mermaid (upcoming live action remake).

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): 1 line

  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)

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)

Cormac McCarthy: 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through No Country for Old Men (2007), which they acted in: Cormac McCarthy ⇒ No Country for Old Men (the host's read). The film adapts McCarthy's 2005 novel and the Coens refused to water it down.
    “You can tell the cones were determined not to water down McCarthy's book.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:07:47 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Martin Donnelly: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through F1 (2025), which they acted in: Martin Donnelly ⇒ F1 (the host's read). The crash that ends Sonny's career was based on Donnelly's real crash, and he advised on the film.
    “The crash that ended, Sonny's career was based on the actual crash of Martin Donnelly in the 1990s Spanish Grand Prix.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:25:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Rocky IV (1985): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through F1 (2025), which they acted in: Rocky IV ⇒ F1 (the host's read). Sonny and Kate's beer scene cuts into an old-school versus new-school training montage like Rocky IV.
    “Right into the Rocky 4 training montage”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:48:10 · Bill Simmons (0.50 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)

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)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (17) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Javier Bardem → No Country for Old Men. Bardem's recent Oscar may have counted against a nomination for Skyfall.
    “he just won 3 years or 5 years before this for no country.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:08:43 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Javier Bardem → The Counselor. Bardem's The Counselor is the true apex mountain of apex mountains.
    “And then to the wonder and then the counselor, which is the greatest performance in the history of movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:02:05 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Javier Bardem → F1. Bardem is so good at F1 they want him used more, in a suit that fits.
    “I also put Javier Bardem on here because he's so good at F1.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 1:52:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Javier Bardem → Dune. Villeneuve uses comforting faces like Bardem as shortcut casting.
    “Javier Burden walks in and people are like, I get what this is.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:19:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Javier Bardem → Christoph Waltz. Bond villains are now Oscar winners: Bardem, Waltz, Malek.
    “Bardem being an Oscar winner on Waltz being an Oscar winner.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:09:20 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Javier Bardem → Hannibal Lecter. Silva is a blend of Lecter, Julian Assange and Robert Shaw's Red Grant.
    “Silva essentially plays Hannibal Lecter meets Julian Assange, meets Robert Shaw's blonde Adonis from Russia with love.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:10:18 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (standout performance): Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile → Javier Bardem. The movie is garbage but Bardem is called incredible in it as a failed circus entertainer.
    “Yeah, that movie sucks, but Javier Bird has incredible in it.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Decision to Leave with Tatiana Maslany · 2:01:52 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): Javier Bardem → The Social Network. Not nominating Bardem is her number 2 Oscar outrage of the decade, behind The Social Network not winning.
    “That's my number 2 outrage of Oscar outrage of the decade behind social network, not winning.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:07:35 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Javier Bardem → Dune: Part Two. Bardem would get their supporting Oscar from the Dune films.
    “I would give it to Bardem, who I think really threads the needle of like funny and serious and like, I think, such a clever performance.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:28:53 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Javier Bardem: He is called the greatest Bond girl.
    “Javier Birdem is the greatest bond girl.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:31:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)