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 other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Margin Call (2011). Count them as actor (6 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.

Oliver Stone: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Margin Call (2011), which they were tied to as offered the Jeremy Irons role: Oliver Stone ⇒ Margin Call (the maker said so: Brian speaking about his own writing). Oliver Stone is as big an influence on Brian's dialogue as anybody but Mamet.
    “Oliver Stone's big an influence on the way that I write dialogue as anybody but Mammoth.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:09:43 · Brian Koppelman (0.65 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Billions: 2 lines

  1. career (career) · through Margin Call (2011), which they were tied to as offered the Jeremy Irons role: Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show). Koppelman says Margin Call reaffirmed how he and Dave had thought about these people, and made a hedge-fund story make more sense than a bank story.
    “margin call may be reaffirmed that the way Dave and I thought about these people, as we'd met them, was pretty much like the way a lot of them are”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:21:18 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Margin Call (2011), which they were tied to as offered the Jeremy Irons role: Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show). Koppelman says the borrowed lesson is that Margin Call does not speak down to the viewer.
    “this movie doesn't speak down to the viewer”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:21:59 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

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)