Rene Russo

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q229612: 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: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992); Get Shorty (1995); The Thomas Crown Affair (1999); Thor (2011); Thor: The Dark World (2013).

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.

The Avengers (2012): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they acted in: The Avengers ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). The Dark World is the correction to Joss Whedon cracking Loki: he becomes co-lead, Thor 1A to Loki 1B.
    “This is the correction to Joss Whedon cracking Loki, where they're like, we get it now.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:20:47 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they acted in: The Avengers ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). Avengers ends with the team scattering, which is why the Phase 2 sequels can stand alone.
    “And also, Joss Wheaton's like master stroke at the end of Avengers is like, we're not a team.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:30:50 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Doctor Who (2023): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they acted in: Doctor Who ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). Marvel in general is indebted to Doctor Who's tone of lightness, comedy, hope and teamwork, especially the Russell T Davies era.
    “I think Marvel in general is very kind of indebted to Doctor Who with the same tone of like lightness and comedy and hope and team teamwork.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 2:02:06 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Game of Thrones (2011): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they acted in: Game of Thrones ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). The film aims for a grounded, muddy fantasy in the Game of Thrones manner, away from Branagh's version.
    “We want to make a more grounded fantasy away from the bran off.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:11:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

J. Michael Straczynski: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor (2011), which they acted in: J. Michael Straczynski ⇒ Thor (the host's read). The film borrows heavily from Straczynski's celebrated Thor run, including Thor spending time in the Midwest.
    “the celebrated Thor arc was J. Michael Stratinsky, which is this is borrowing from heavily.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:08:28 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Masters of the Universe (1987): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor (2011), which they acted in: Masters of the Universe ⇒ Thor (the host's read). Thor is described as essentially a remake of the live-action Masters of the Universe.
    “It's mostly just a remake of the live action masters of the universe movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:03:54 · Griffin Newman (0.65 sure it was them)

Stan Lee: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor (2011), which they acted in: Stan Lee ⇒ Thor (the host's read). The Donald Blake identity came from Stan Lee's 60s devotion to the secret-identity trope; the movie keeps it only as a fake ID gag.
    “in the 60s, Stanley was a little slavishly devoted to like the classic superhero comic trope, so you needed a secret identity”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:08:08 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Topkapi (1964): 1 line

  1. lineage (remake (unmade)) · through The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), which they acted in: Topkapi ⇒ The Thomas Crown Affair (the host's read). MGM tried to remake Topkapi as a sequel to the Brosnan Thomas Crown Affair, with Verhoeven.
    “Because wasn't Verhoven was going to remake Top Cappy as a sequel to Thomas Crown Affair.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:26:03 · 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.

Christopher Nolan: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), which they acted in: The Thomas Crown Affair ⇒ Christopher Nolan (the host's read). Speaker says Christopher Nolan loves the 1999 Thomas Crown Affair because of Tenet.
    “you know who loves the Thomas Crown affair in 1999, Christopher Nolan, because I've seen Tenet”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:09:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (7) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Rene Russo → Lethal Weapon 3. Russo popped at an older age than expected; she was about 35 in Lethal Weapon 3.
    “Like by the time she was in like Lethal Weapon 3, she was like 35.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:57:28 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Rene Russo → The Thomas Crown Affair. Russo has range, citing Thomas Crown Affair and Get Shorty.
    “Thomas Crown affair.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:03:28 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Rene Russo → Get Shorty. Russo is loved in Get Shorty.
    “Love her and get Shorty.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:03:32 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Rene Russo: Frigga fights Malekith with a sword, and is taller than him; the speakers like her statuesque quality.
    “I like that she's taller than Mal Keith.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:03:13 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)