Vince Vaughn

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q107730: 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: Fletch (1985); Species (1995); Lady in the Water (2006); Couples Retreat (2009); n/a. Count them as actor (25 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.

Alien (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Species (1995), which they were tied to as suggested recasting (Hollywood Hills guy): 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)

Gregory McDonald: 1 line

  1. lineage (source material) · through Fletch (1985), which they were tied to as suggested modern Fletch: Gregory McDonald ⇒ Fletch (the host's read). Fletch adapts the McDonald novels; the noir voiceover feels like the book, the ad-libbed scenes deviate.
    “So it's a Gregory McDonald novel”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:25:35 · Bill Simmons (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.

Confess, Fletch (2022): 1 line

  1. unmapped (reboot) · through Fletch (1985), which they were tied to as suggested modern Fletch: Fletch ⇒ Confess, Fletch (the host's read). Chris describes it as a riff on the long-promised Fletch franchise reboot, with Jon Hamm taking the role Chevy Chase made iconic.
    “Chevy Chase did an iconic turn as a Fletch character, a journalist come detective in Los Angeles.”
    The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 1:08:48 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Ryan Reynolds: 1 line

  1. theme (persona successor) · through Fletch (1985), which they were tied to as suggested modern Fletch: Fletch ⇒ Ryan Reynolds (the host's read). Reynolds stole the Chevy Chase playbook; Deadpool is Fletch.
    “Deadpool is Fletch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:11 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (41) everyone in acting

Other (6) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (7)

  1. career (career arc): Vince Vaughn → Old School. Hosts trace five years of studios misusing Vaughn as a dramatic creep until Old School made him a comedy star.
    “And then in 2003, he makes old school...”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:48:50 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Vince Vaughn → Sleeping with the Enemy. A non-star going into one of these roles can vanish, as Patrick Bergin did after Sleeping with the Enemy.
    “you turn out to be Patrick Bergen and sleeping with the enemy”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Vince Vaughn → Swingers. Six years after Swingers made him a star, Vaughn was chasing serious thrillers, Domestic Disturbance among them.
    “Clay pigeon, psycho, the cell, domestic disturbance and made.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:42 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Vince Vaughn → True Detective (season two). He stayed with comedy until True Detective season two, then pivoted back to hard-edged thrillers.
    “He basically does that until True Detective season two.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:13:47 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Vince Vaughn → Cell Block 99. Now he is trying to go back to hard thrillers with Cell Block 99 and Dragged Across Concrete.
    “he's doing, you know, cell block 99 and and, um, and dragged across concrete.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:13:51 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. career (career echo): Vince Vaughn → Swingers. Old School comes back to the Swingers energy after years of odd roles, including the Psycho remake.
    “I think this is the funniest I've ever found him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Jon Favreau → Vince Vaughn. Vaughn/Favreau scenes were the one reason to see Vaughn's weaker vehicles.
    “The one scene that's like Vaughn and Favreau playing speed tennis.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:35:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Vince Vaughn → Chevy Chase. Vaughn's comic persona is described as an aggro Chevy Chase, which would have suited the stepfather role.
    “He, he's like aggro Chevy Chase.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:13:15 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (same casting problem): Vince Vaughn → Matthew McConaughey. Amistad tried to make McConaughey a movie star just as Lost World tried with Vaughn, and no one knew how to use either.
    “Almostad kind of tries to do the same thing with McConaughey.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:40:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Vince Vaughn → Made. Made reunited Vaughn with Favreau but was as much crime movie as buddy comedy.
    “Those are all thrillers and then made, which is the made is the, like, I get the Favreau comeback.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:46 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (recurring collaborator): Dwight Yoakam → Vince Vaughn. Yoakam becomes Vince Vaughn's guy who pops up in his movies.
    “Dwight Yoakam becomes like his guy, who always has pop-up in the movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:06:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (persona comparison): Vince Vaughn → Bill Murray. In his comedies Vaughn is basically playing himself as a smart-ass, like Bill Murray.
    “he's basically doing the Bill Murray thing.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (archetype guess): The Confidence Man → Vince Vaughn. David guesses the rogue who reforms is a Vince Vaughn type.
    “So I'm going to guess he's a Vince Vaughn type rogue.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:45:24 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (career apex): Vince Vaughn → Wedding Crashers. Chris argues Vaughn's apex is Wedding Crashers, a year after Old School, when he is clearly a star not a fluke.
    “Now it's not a fluke.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:47:25 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (4)

  1. what-if (what-if): John Travolta → Vince Vaughn. Casting what-if: Travolta as the villain and Vaughn as the nice first dad would be a better movie.
    “I had, uh, Trivoltan Bond, which part's better movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:11:47 · Craig Horlbeck (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Vince Vaughn. Cruise in the Vaughn part, saying the stepfather lines, would be amazing.
    “A cruise in the Vaughan part is amazing.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:22:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Vince Vaughn → Species. Recast the Hollywood Hills guy with full Vince Vaughn.
    “I had Vince Vaughn playing Hollywood Hill's guy instead of Nick Wright.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:09:59 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (casting what-if): Vince Vaughn → Fletch. Vaughn, a tall motor-mouth, could have made a parody-ish Fletch.
    “But Vince Vaughn as Fletch, I think could have made it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:16:00 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Vince Vaughn: Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show is described as a concert movie of stand-ups telling jokes as modern cowboys, and as bad.
    “So bad.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:20:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Vince Vaughn: Vaughn's career flipped: comedian who tried to be dramatic actor, versus the usual path of the reverse.
    “Vince Vaughn like inverted it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:14:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)