Billy Baldwin

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: Flatliners (1990); Internal Affairs (1990); Backdraft (1991); Sliver (1993); Three of Hearts (1993); Fair Game (2010).

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.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

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

Deep Cover: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Internal Affairs (1990), which they acted in: Internal Affairs ⇒ Deep Cover (the host's read). Deep Cover was conceived as a sequel to Internal Affairs; Michael Tolkin and Henry Bean got involved in writing it.
    “Deep cover was conceived as a sequel to this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:29:39 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (6) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): Billy Baldwin → Backdraft. Baldwin's run: Internal Affairs, Flatliners, Backdraft, Three of Hearts, Sliver.
    “Internal Affairs, 1990, Flatliners, 1990.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:18:34 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Billy Baldwin → Sliver. Hollywood gave Baldwin a four-year window from Internal Affairs to Sliver.
    “Hollywood gave him a 4 year window.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:18:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Billy Baldwin → Alec Baldwin. Billy was briefly the hot Baldwin; Alec was the more serious one and took over the spot.
    “Billy Baldwin got traded to the Eagles after Sliver was over and his brother kind of took the spot.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:19:00 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Billy Baldwin → Fair Game. Fair Game was the movie that finished Billy Baldwin as a blockbuster lead.
    “Then fair game comes around at some point. That's when the wheels come out.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:19:34 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Billy Baldwin → Alec Baldwin. A thought experiment: a younger brother wonders why the older brother got the great roles.
    “Alec actually has talked about this before.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:20:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Billy Baldwin: The comeback-to-flop arc is told with an NFL analogy: Hollywood gave him a four-year window like Kenny Pickett on the Steelers.
    “Little like Kenny Pickett on the Steelers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:18:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Billy Baldwin: The camera pans back and Van Stretch's wife is on top of Dennis Peck while Van is on the phone; the theater audience gasped.
    “And the camera pan's back and she's riding Dennis Peck.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:39:09 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Billy Baldwin: Weakest-link and worst-aged: Peck taking the cop's Raiders tickets the day Bo Jackson was in town.
    “That guy was about to go see Bo Jackson.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:57:56 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)