Jim Brown
Made films the shows talk about.
Wikidata Q927916: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Dirty Dozen, which ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan credits them on.
Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: The Dirty Dozen (1967); Mars Attacks! (1996); Any Given Sunday (1999); The Running Man.
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.
Stephen King: 1 line
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lineage (lineage) · through The Running Man, which they acted in:
Stephen King ⇒ The Running Man (the host's read).
The novel takes place in 2025 and bakes in deep fakes and reality TV blood lust.
“The original running man book, Richard Bachman, a.k.a. Stephen King, wrote it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:38:42 · Glen Powell (0.80 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 (4) everyone in acting
- actor, The Dirty Dozen (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
- actor, Mars Attacks! (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
- actor, Any Given Sunday (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
- actor, The Running Man (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
Other (1) everyone in other
- athlete-turned-movie-star reference, none (Blank Check with Griffin & David, An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens)
What was said about them, by kind
people (1)
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people (athlete-actor contender):
Jim Brown → The Dirty Dozen.
Brown offered as most successful athlete-actor: Mars Attacks, Any Given Sunday, Running Man, Dirty Dozen.
“Dirty dozen was like an actual real role in a great movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:40:49 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (1)
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unmapped (athlete-to-movie-star):
Brian Bosworth → Jim Brown.
Studios hoped another athlete could repeat Jim Brown's movie stardom.
“it had been like 20 years since like the peak of Jim Brown.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:45:39 · Dana Stevens (0.40 sure it was them)
Fun items about them
None.