Vanessa Kirby

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Genius (2016); Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018); Hobbs & Shaw (2019); Napoleon (2023); Pieces of a Woman.

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.

Mission: Impossible (1996): 2 lines

lineage (callback) · through Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), which they acted in: Mission: Impossible ⇒ Mission: Impossible – Fallout (the host's read). Every later MI film calls back to the Langley drop as a hallmark.
“I realized that they call back to that specific moment every time”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:06:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
industry (franchise template) · through Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), which they acted in: Mission: Impossible ⇒ Mission: Impossible – Fallout (the host's read). Every MI film reuses the same three-set-piece structure plus a McGuffin, which is why the franchise is elastic.
“they used the same exact structure in every single movie that came forward.”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:11:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Top Gun: Maverick (2022): 1 line

unmapped (enabling success) · through Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), which they acted in: Mission: Impossible – Fallout ⇒ Top Gun: Maverick (the host's read). Fallout's success is what lets Cruise do Top Gun: Maverick.
“he's not in a position to do what he's doing now with Top Gun 2.”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:35:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (5) everyone in acting

actor, Genius (The Big Picture, The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’)
actor, Hobbs & Shaw (The Big Picture, ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings)
actor, Mission: Impossible – Fallout (The Big Picture, ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings)
actor, Pieces of a Woman (The Big Picture, ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings)
cast, Napoleon (Blank Check — Patreon, The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

career (career): Vanessa Kirby → Mission: Impossible – Fallout. Kirby's MI and Hobbs & Shaw work should have made her the next action star.
“her work in Mission Impossible 6 and in Hobbs and Shaw should have cemented her as the next great action star”
The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:37:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.