Kelly LeBrock

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: Weird Science (1985); Hard to Kill; The Woman in Red.

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.

Mad Max 2 (1981): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Weird Science (1985), which they acted in: Mad Max 2 ⇒ Weird Science (the host's read). The climactic biker-gang sequence is an homage to The Road Warrior with the same actor and makeup.
    “it's pulled right from this movie that had just come out, same actor, same makeup, same everything, they're like doing an homage to it”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:08:03 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Weird Science (1985), which they acted in: Mad Max 2 ⇒ Weird Science (the host's read). The Road Warrior homage is a nine-minute sequence, about 10% of the movie.
    “It comprises 10% of the whole movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:08:58 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Al Feldstein: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Weird Science (1985), which they acted in: Al Feldstein ⇒ Weird Science (the host's read). The movie is based on a 1951 pre-Code comic by Al Feldstein.
    “this was based on the 1951 pre-comics code comic made of the future by Al Feldstein.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:30:25 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Superbad (2007): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Weird Science (1985), which they acted in: Superbad ⇒ Weird Science (the host's read). Weird Science may be the biggest influence on Superbad.
    “Like, I feel like, I don't know which was the biggest influence on Superbad.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:07:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Breakfast Club (1985): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Weird Science (1985), which they acted in: The Breakfast Club ⇒ Weird Science (the host's read). Gary's girlfriend in Canada is a gag taken from Breakfast Club.
    “Like, that's the thing directly from Breakfast Club.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:17:25 · Kyle Brandt (0.55 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Oingo Boingo: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Weird Science (1985), which they acted in: Weird Science ⇒ Oingo Boingo (the host's read). The speaker imagines the title song was written after the band was told the plot and shown the film, Frankenstein vibe included.
    “I'm making this movie. It's about these 15 year old kids that create basically like the perfect woman and she comes out of the computer and has sex with them.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:13:46 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)

Superbad (2007): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Weird Science (1985), which they acted in: Weird Science ⇒ Superbad (the host's read). Weird Science's ending was 'completely ripped off by super bad'.
    “Uh, really satisfying ending, then just completely ripped off by super bad.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:42:03 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (3) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Kelly LeBrock → Hard to Kill. LeBrock's first three credits are The Woman in Red, Weird Science and Hard to Kill.
    “This is her IMDb, woman in red with Gene Wilder, weird science and hard to kill, which we've already done in the rewatchables.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:26:39 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Kelly LeBrock → Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline. Phoebe Cates is the happy version of a lost 80s actress who found love; LeBrock's is the depressing one.
    “So the 2 the 2 lost actresses of the 80s for falling in love were her and Phoebe Cates.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:28:57 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Kelly LeBrock → Steven Seagal. LeBrock met Seagal around 86 or 87, before he was a movie star, and they were married over a decade.
    “She meets Steven Seagal around 87 when he's going from like stunt trainer right above...”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:27:15 · Kyle Brandt (0.45 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Kelly LeBrock → Austin Powers. A decade later LeBrock would have been the Elizabeth Hurley part in Austin Powers.
    “She's probably the Elizabeth Hurley part in Austin Powers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:30:16 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Kelly LeBrock: Bill's theory: playing a perfect person made her want someone who thinks he is perfect, hence Steven Seagal.
    “And my theory is that she has to play like a perfect person and like that's that's tough to get over.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:27:58 · Kyle Brandt (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Kelly LeBrock: LeBrock described her Weird Science role as Mary Poppins with breasts, from a Hughes documentary; she is the best part because the character is made to improve the boys.
    “she plays Mary Poppins with Brest, which I thought was a good way to describe the character.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:29:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Kelly LeBrock: LeBrock wore a jacket sold to a pawn shop in Beverly Hills for $25,000.
    “I just want to point out the jacket, worn by Kelly LeBrock in this film, was sold to a pawn shop in Beverly Hills for 25,000.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:38:30 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Kelly LeBrock: She calls Hard to Kill 'hard to watch'.
    “She refers to hard to kill that movie if you ask her, but she refers to it as hard to watch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:41:37 · Kyle Brandt (0.45 sure it was them)