Ving Rhames

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q310315: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (6 films) instead.

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.

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

What the speakers said they did

Acting (9) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Ving Rhames → Mission: Impossible. Pulp led Rhames to Mission: Impossible and Don King: Only in America.
    “Because this gets him Mission Impossible and it gets him Don King only in America on HBO.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:03:02 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Tom Cruise → Ving Rhames. Rhames' bad knees limit the action he can do; the film works around it.
    “that Ving Reams has bad knees, and it's always a problem he has to solve”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 1:41:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (franchise role handoff): Ving Rhames → Simon Pegg. The series later introduced Simon Pegg to share the tech-guy role Luther holds.
    “They introduced Simon Pegg to be that guy, a little bit as the series goes on”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:41:49 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (typecasting): Ving Rhames → Pulp Fiction. Rhames as a burly imposing hacker is a smart subversion of his Marcellus Wallace persona.
    “Ving Reims, who is this burly imposing Marcellus Wallace figure being the hacker.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:41:30 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Ving Rhames → Max Julien. Max Julien turned down Marcellus ('not going to be raped in a basement'); Sid Haig was offered too.
    “Max Julian's like, guess what?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:41:04 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Ving Rhames: Over the series Rhames' hat and head grow bigger and more cocked.
    “Ving Reim's head gets 10% bigger and his hat gets cocked another 5 degrees off center.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 1:06:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Ving Rhames: Rhames is foiled by a crowd, then appears right behind the car as if he kept pace.
    “I swear to God, he was almost keeping speed with them.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 1:46:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)