Kenneth Branagh

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q55294: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Valkyrie (2008); Hercule Poirot film (Kenneth Branagh, title not said); Wild Wild West. Count them as director (4 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.

Christopher McQuarrie: 1 line

  1. career (career step) · through Valkyrie (2008), which they acted in: Valkyrie ⇒ Christopher McQuarrie (the host's read). Valkyrie set up Tom Cruise's redemption by teaming him with McQuarrie.
    “Weirdly, the movie that then, like, sets up Tom Cruise's Redemption Arc by finally teaming him up with Macquarie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:15:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (6) everyone in directing

Acting (4) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Kenneth Branagh → Joel Schumacher. Branagh is cast as this generation's Joel Schumacher, a big silly hammy director, which is meant as praise.
    “He's like, our generation's like Joel Schumacher.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:18:12 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Thor → Kenneth Branagh. Branagh built action with no spatial coherence, cut in a seesaw, and canted every angle.
    “Kenneth McRanaugh constructing big action set pieces with no spatial coherence.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:20:43 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Kenneth Branagh → Henry V. Branagh's Shakespeare films handle epic battles well, but in Thor he chases flashy action instead of classical staging.
    “Henry V is good.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:20:54 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Thor → Kenneth Branagh. Marvel hired Branagh for Shakespearean gravitas to signal seriousness, then handed him a goofball script.
    “let's hire Kenneth Brown out to show people were making a serious movie because he's a Shakespearean guy”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:03:43 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (shared cinematographer): Alex Thomson → Kenneth Branagh. Thomson shot a lot of Branagh's movies and also Legend and Cliffhanger.
    “I mean, he did a lot of Branham movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 1:05:46 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Tom Hiddleston → Kenneth Branagh. Hiddleston worked with Branagh on stage before Thor and was cast to bring gravitas.
    “Hiddleston, who has worked with Brana on stage.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:27:29 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Kenneth Branagh: River of Ham: Ray Stevenson fears dipping his toe in the river of ham and Branagh tells him to take a swim; the hosts include it in the Blank Check lexicon.
    “I bathed in that river many times.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:15:16 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)