Matthew Broderick

Made films the shows talk about.

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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 (10 films) instead.

Draws on

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Acting (14) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career trajectory): Matthew Broderick → Michael J. Fox. After Ferris it seemed Broderick would have a Michael J. Fox style trajectory.
    “He's going to have this kind of like Michael J. Fox kind of trajectory.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:07:10 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (persona inversion): Matthew Broderick → The Cable Guy. Within ten years Broderick is playing Cameron-like weak men in The Cable Guy, inverting his Ferris persona.
    “within 10 years, he's in the cable guy basically just playing Cameron.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:07:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (Apex Mountain): Matthew Broderick → The Producers (Broadway). Broderick's Apex Mountain candidate is The Producers on Broadway, the Hamilton of its time.
    “It definitely was probably bigger than Book of Mormon and on the level of Hamilton”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:18:04 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (5)

  1. what-if (career what-if): Matthew Broderick → Tom Hanks. Hanks had the ideal version of the adult career Broderick might have had, rom-coms and Punchline-type roles.
    “I feel like Tom Hanks had the ideal version of Matthew Broderick's adult career.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:49 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (casting what-if): Matthew Broderick → Family Ties. Broderick was first choice for Alex P. Keaton and turned it down, raising a Back to the Future ripple question.
    “He was the 1st choice to play Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:09:51 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (casting what-if): Matthew Broderick → Back to the Future. If Broderick took Family Ties, would Michael J. Fox have played Ferris and Broderick Marty McFly.
    “if Matthew Broderick's in family ties, does that mean he's then in back to the future? and Michael J. Fox's Ferris Bueller?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:09:57 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (casting what-if): Matthew Broderick → The Flamingo Kid. Broderick was cast but dropped out; it became Matt Dillon's breakout.
    “He was also cast in the Flamingo Kid, but he dropped out and that became Matt Dillon's breakout role.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:10:13 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (casting what-if): Matthew Broderick → Point Break. Broderick turned down Johnny Utah, which went to Keanu; hosts say he is too slight and not a quarterback type.
    “He turned down the role of Johnny Utah, point break.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:10:26 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Matthew Broderick: Casting what-ifs: first choice for Alex P. Keaton, cast then dropped out of The Flamingo Kid (Matt Dillon's breakout), turned down Johnny Utah in Point Break. Hosts say he is not a quarterback.
    “He turned down the role of Johnny Utah, point break.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:10:26 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Matthew Broderick: Broderick's own quote about being typecast: the coolest kid who ever lived, now only gets weak insecure men.
    “I acquired fame by playing the coolest kid who ever lived. Now the only roles I can seem to get are weak, insecure men.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:41:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Matthew Broderick: Broderick hurt his knee in the running scene, which was shot before Twist and Shout, so he could not do much choreography; a blessing because the scene would have run longer.
    “thank God, because then that scene would have been longer.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:14:04 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)