James Mason

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: Lolita (1962); A Star Is Born (2018); 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; The Prisoner of Zenda.

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.

Lolita (1955 novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Lolita (1962), which they acted in: Lolita (1955 novel) ⇒ Lolita (the host's read). The 1962 film is adapted from Nabokov's novel; the speaker reads Crowther's review saying the film keeps the names and a resemblance of plot.
    “They made a movie from a script in which the characters have the same name as the characters in the book, and the plot bears a resemblance to the original”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:47:47 · 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.

Fighting with My Family (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through A Star Is Born (2018), which they acted in: A Star Is Born ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview). Merchant says he thought about A Star Is Born, the rags to riches story, as much as the sports side.
    “I was thinking as much about films like, you know, like a Star is Born”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:27:47 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)

Gone Girl (2014): 1 line

  1. theme (character type (Desi)) · through Lolita (1962), which they acted in: Lolita ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so: In the commentary). On the commentary Fincher says he wanted a Claire Quilty type for Desi and found it in Neil Patrick Harris.
    “Fincher said he wanted a Claire quilty type and he's like, what's a modern Claire quilty type?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:18:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (5) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

craft (2)

  1. craft (same role, different effect): James Mason → Jeremy Irons. Jeremy Irons reciting Humbert's lines is unbearably sad, where Mason is tragic and funny.
    “The 2nd you have him reciting that dialogue, you're just like, this is unbearably sad.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:21:11 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. craft (on-set music): Irma la Douce → James Mason. Music from Irma la Douce (transcribed 'Irma Leduce') was played to loosen Mason up.
    “Irma Leduce would apparently floor James Mason.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:28:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (3)

  1. unmapped (star type): James Mason → Katharine Hepburn. Mason is described as having a little male Katharine Hepburn in him.
    “there's a little bit of like male Catherine Hepburn in it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:02:55 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (star type): James Mason → Humphrey Bogart. Mason, like Bogart, became a star by being unique rather than conventionally handsome.
    “Bogart's like the perfect example of that”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:03:36 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (star type): James Mason → Michael Fassbender. Mason's smile has the shark-like edge of Michael Fassbender's.
    “He's got that Michael Fastbender thing where when he smiles, you're like, oh.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:13:26 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.