Ryan O'Neal

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: What's Up, Doc? (1972); Barry Lyndon (1975); Irreconcilable Differences; Love Story; Paper Moon; The Driver.

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.

Cabaret (1972): 1 line

  1. people (casting source) · through Barry Lyndon (1975), which they acted in: Cabaret ⇒ Barry Lyndon (the host's read). Kubrick cast Berenson after loving her in Cabaret.
    “Yeah, he loved her in cabaret.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 1:14:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Sherlock, Jr. (1924): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through What's Up, Doc? (1972), which they acted in: Sherlock, Jr. ⇒ What's Up, Doc? (the host's read). The Chinese-dragon bicycle chase in What's Up, Doc? is a complete homage to the stag-party sequence.
    “The bicycled Chinese dragon sequence and what's up dog is complete homage to this sequence.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:38:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

William Makepeace Thackeray: 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Barry Lyndon (1975), which they acted in: William Makepeace Thackeray ⇒ Barry Lyndon (the host's read). Kubrick adapted Thackeray's novel Barry Lyndon into the film.
    “versus just reading Barry Lindon once and then going, oh, I could just adapt this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:24:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

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 (6) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career comp): Ben Affleck → Ryan O'Neal. Affleck's 90s image as a star the public mocked is compared to Ryan O'Neal.
    “A little bit of like a Ryan O'Neill thing, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:59:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (casting fit): Ryan O'Neal → Barry Lyndon. The star's own insecurity matches the character.
    “you're casting a guy who basically feels the way that Barry Lindon does.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:30:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. people (director and actor): Peter Bogdanovich → Ryan O'Neal. Bogdanovich got better performances out of O'Neal than Kubrick did.
    “I think Bogdanovich got like better performances out of him, but...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:31:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Ryan O'Neal: O'Neal was supposed to narrate, he says, and Kubrick got a bored Englishman instead; the hosts say the narration is exactly why the movie works.
    “Kubrick got some bored Englishman to do it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:36:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Ryan O'Neal: O'Neal's own take on the shoot: his contract was for 18 weeks, and the film ran so long it was all overtime.
    “After 18 weeks of work, we'd done about 4 pages of the script.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:38:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Ryan O'Neal: O'Neal told Time magazine that Berenson was vacuous, giggly and lazy the week the film opened.
    “Ryan O'Neill said of her that she was vacuous, giggly, and lazy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 1:15:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)