Ben Kingsley

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q173158: 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: Gandhi (1982); Species (1995); Sexy Beast (2000); BloodRayne (2005); Iron Man 3 (2013); The Boxtrolls.

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.

Iron Man (2008): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in: Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). The Iron Man trilogy is closed into a circle by the flashback to the party and Becca Hall and Pierce.
    “as individualistic as this movie is, it actually like... It's bringing the 1st 2 complete.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:18:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in: Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 3 later parodies the Osama-type Mandarin expectation that Iron Man originally planned (Ten Rings leader, no magic).
    “And then Iron Man 3 wisely parodies that expectation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:25:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Avengers (2012): 2 lines

  1. theme (theme) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in: The Avengers ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Stark's arc across three Iron Man films peaks in Iron Man 3, and Avengers lays the track for its PTSD.
    “Iron Man 3 is all him being unable to cope with the psychological like trauma of this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 2:07:49 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in: The Avengers ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 3 works as a quasi-sequel to The Avengers because it deals with Tony's trauma of the portal and aliens.
    “Except it's it is a sort of quasi sequel to the Avengers in that it's dealing with the fact that he got sucked into a portal into space for a 2nd there.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:15:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Alien (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Species (1995), which they acted in: Alien ⇒ Species (the maker said so). Giger thought Species ripped off too many other alien movies, such as the chest-burster.
    “He thought the movie ripped off too many other alien movies”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:12:56 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)

Fu Manchu (character): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in: Fu Manchu (character) ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). The Mandarin is a Fu Manchu stereotype that Marvel could not play straight, so Kingsley's false-flag twist threads the needle.
    “Because the Mandarin is Fu Manchu.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:06:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Iron Man 2 (2010): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in: Iron Man 2 ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 2's failure forced something new, giving Shane Black room to make a better third film.
    “But also, that is why the 3rd one is good because the 2nd one was such a mistake that they were like, we don't know.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:20:47 · Griffin or David (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.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (8) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Ben Kingsley → Michael Caine. Kingsley is in the middle-aged English actor zone of Michael Caine, doing it in his sleep.
    “I think he was probably in that zone of middle-aged English actor who's like kind of in the Michael Kane zone.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:17:09 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Ben Kingsley → BloodRayne. Kingsley took a one-day, $75,000 gig in a movie by the worst-director-of-all-time (Uwe Boll).
    “He was in one of his movies and apparently Blood Rain.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:17:39 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Ben Kingsley → Sexy Beast. Kingsley takes paychecks, then reminds everyone in Sexy Beast he is the best actor in the world.
    “he would just be in Sexy Beast and you'd be like, oh, you're the best actor in the world.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:18:01 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Ben Kingsley → Jaws 2. The all-time version of the Kingsley-in-Species award is Roy Scheider in Jaws 2.
    “Scheider and Jaws 2.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:24:58 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Ben Kingsley → Bill Nye. Kingsley's Trevor Slattery performance is likened to Bill Nye.
    “He's doing Bill Nye.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:35:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Sexy Beast → Ben Kingsley. Glazer got one of the great 21st-century performances out of Ben Kingsley.
    “gets one of the great performances of the 21st century out of Ben Kingsley”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:00:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Ben Kingsley: New award coined: The Ben Kingsley in Species Award for it doesn't seem like you really want to be here.
    “The Ben Kingsley and Species Award for it doesn't seem like you really want to be here.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:16:50 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Ben Kingsley: Madsen said Kingsley guarded his chair on set, so Madsen dumped garbage on it and hung it from a crane.
    “Madson said Ben Kingsley was protective of his chair and set and didn't like anyone touching it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:48:39 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Ben Kingsley: Casting what-if: Brosnan's part, Kingsley found out and was like fuck this.
    “I think Kingsley found out and was like, fuck this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:08:40 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Ben Kingsley: Kingsley's birth name is Krishna Banji; a knighted actor reportedly gets angry if not called Sir Ben.
    “He's apparently one of those guys where if you don't call him Sir Ben.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:18:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Ben Kingsley: See the Mandarin reveal: Trevor Slattery, a junkie actor in a rented mansion with a bullet T-shirt.
    “Falls asleep in the middle of his explanation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:34:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)