Frances McDormand

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q204299: 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: Blood Simple (1984); Darkman (1990); Fargo (1996); Something's Gotta Give (2003); Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011); Nomadland (2020); Friends with Money; Hidden Agenda.

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.

Meet the Parents (2000): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Something's Gotta Give (2003), which they acted in: Meet the Parents ⇒ Something's Gotta Give (the host's read). Nicholson may have seen Meet the Parents and wanted a piece of that audience.
    “Do you think he saw meet the parents and was like, I can do that too?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:05:06 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Fargo (1996), which they acted in: Fargo ⇒ Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco) (the host's read). An NBC pilot directed by Kathy Bates with Edie Falco as Marge aired years later; the Coens were not involved.
    “There was like an NBC pilot directed by Kathy Bates with Edie Falco playing Marge Gunderson.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:10:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014): 1 line

  1. unmapped (false true story) · through Fargo (1996), which they acted in: Fargo ⇒ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (the host's read). Kumiko is a movie about someone who believed Fargo's 'based on a true story' card and went looking for the money.
    “is a movie based on an Irvin legend about someone believing that Fargo was true and looking for the bag of money.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:46:41 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Panic Room (2002): 1 line

  1. unmapped (model for the villains) · through Fargo (1996), which they acted in: Fargo ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host feels Panic Room's funny villain and scary villain pair uses the Buscemi and Stormare model from Fargo.
    “But I'm realizing how much wisely it does feel like they're sort of using the model of Bushemi and Stoneman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:20:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Spider-Man (2002): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Darkman (1990), which they acted in: Darkman ⇒ Spider-Man (the host's read). Raimi's Spider-Man strengths start in Darkman.
    “all the stuff that is cool about the Remy Spider-Man movies starts here”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:31:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (11) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

  1. people (people): Frances McDormand → Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Dark of the Moon shares McDormand with this film.
    “Transformers 3, Dark of the Moon, shares an actor with this film, Francis McDormand.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:23:17 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (married): Frances McDormand → Joel Coen. McDormand being married to Joel meant she could ask for an extra Marge scene.
    “Francis McDormand is married to Joel Cohen and is more involved in the development of these movies”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:28:29 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.