Rosanna Arquette

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q109232: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Searching for Debra Winger. Count them as actor (11 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.

Toto: 1 line

  1. people (people) · them, directly: Rosanna Arquette ⇒ Toto (the maker said so: a yacht rock documentary). Toto reportedly wrote the song 'Rosanna' because she walked into the room, per a yacht rock documentary.
    “Toto was like, what's right, Rosanna, about Rosanna Arquette, because she walked into the room and we fucking had to write a song about it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:35:45 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (1) everyone in directing

Acting (16) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career rescue): Rosanna Arquette → Pulp Fiction. Tarantino cast her as Trudy (the face piercings) because she was underused.
    “So funny that Tarantino...”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:34:06 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (awards trivia): Rosanna Arquette → The Whole Nine Yards. Arquette earned a Stinkers nomination for most annoying fake accent for The Whole Nine Yards, losing to Adam Sandler in Little Nicky.
    “So I will tell you that she lost to Adam Sandler for Little Nicky for most annoying fake...”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 1:02:06 · unknown host (0.40 sure it was them)

people (4)

  1. people (casting): Rosanna Arquette → Baby It's You. Arquette had been in John Sayles's Baby It's You, which is how Scorsese knew her.
    “Uh, baby it's you. Yes. Uh, that's a John Sales movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:40:58 · unknown host (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Toto → Rosanna Arquette. Toto's song 'Rosanna' is about Arquette, offered as trivia.
    “Roseanne, Roseanne. is a song about her. It is about her”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 1:02:20 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Rosanna Arquette → Toto. Toto reportedly wrote the song 'Rosanna' because she walked into the room, per a yacht rock documentary.
    “Toto was like, what's right, Rosanna, about Rosanna Arquette, because she walked into the room and we fucking had to write a song about it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:35:45 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. people (people): Rosanna Arquette → Searching for Debra Winger. Arquette made the documentary about why actresses disappear after 40.
    “Rosanna Arquette had made the documentary searching for Deborah Winger”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:47:04 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (same-year role): Rosanna Arquette → Desperately Seeking Susan. Arquette had a hot 1985 with Desperately Seeking Susan; Globe nomination went to that film rather than After Hours.
    “The Golden Globes nominated her instead for desperately seeking Susan that same year.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 1:01:05 · unknown host (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (3)

  1. what-if (what-if casting): Rosanna Arquette → Desperately Seeking Susan. Bill says Arquette could have had Meg Ryan's career parts, citing Susan as a Meg Ryan role.
    “if you watch her in desperately seeking Susan.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:34:56 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if casting): Rosanna Arquette → When Harry Met Sally. Could have been the lead in When Harry Met Sally.
    “She could have been when Harry met Sally easily.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:35:06 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if casting): Rosanna Arquette → Top Gun. Fennessey says she could have been Kelly McGillis in Top Gun, any lead from 86 to 93.
    “I feel like she could have been Kelly McGillis in Top Gun.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:35:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Rosanna Arquette: Bill's category: she is the movie's best-kept secret; Toto wrote a song because she walked into a room.
    “Toto was like, what's right, Rosanna, about Rosanna Arquette, because she walked into the room and we fucking had to write a song about it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:35:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)