Natalie Portman

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q37876: 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: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984); The Ice Storm (1997); Lions for Lambs (2007); Black Swan (2010); The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011); Gone Girl (2014). Count them as actor (10 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.

A Simple Plan (1998): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation model) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: A Simple Plan ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so). Flynn used A Simple Plan as her model for adapting her own novel, then worried she could not match it.
    “And she said, so I tried to use that as a model and then I freaked myself out because I was like, well, this is too good. I won't do this well.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:36:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Alex Cross: 1 line

  1. people (led to casting) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: Alex Cross ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). Perry's turn in Alex Cross is given as the reason Fincher cast him as Tanner Bolt.
    “Well, that's why Fisher cast him in this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:09:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Avy Kaufman: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Lions for Lambs (2007), which they were tied to as Oscar-nominee peer of Garfield: Avy Kaufman ⇒ Lions for Lambs (the maker said so: Garfield telling his own casting story on the show). The casting director on the unmade Kavalier & Clay passed Garfield's screen test to Robert Redford, which led to his Lions for Lambs audition and casting.
    “AV sent, I think, a screen test to Redford.”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:41:21 · Andrew Garfield (0.90 sure it was them)

Blue Velvet (1986): 1 line

  1. unmapped (quoted line) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they were tied to as considered for Lisbeth: Blue Velvet ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). The fuck-you-you-fucking-fuck shirt is believed to originate from Dennis Hopper's line in Blue Velvet.
    “Hopper says that in blue velvet.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:24:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn novel) ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The film adapts Flynn's novel, and the first-person diary trickery was the open question about how it would work on screen.
    “Because it is such like a little fun piece of 1st person narration trickery.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:34:23 · Esther Zuckerman (0.70 sure it was them)

Lolita (1962): 1 line

  1. theme (character type (Desi)) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: Lolita ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so: In the commentary). On the commentary Fincher says he wanted a Claire Quilty type for Desi and found it in Neil Patrick Harris.
    “Fincher said he wanted a Claire quilty type and he's like, what's a modern Claire quilty type?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:18:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Reese Witherspoon: 1 line

  1. lineage (originated the project) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: Reese Witherspoon ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). Witherspoon took the book and had the idea of bringing Fincher on board.
    “takes this book, has the smart idea, bring Fincher on board.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:20:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Rick Moody's novel: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they were tied to as actor, turned down Wendy: Rick Moody's novel ⇒ The Ice Storm (the host's read). Based on Rick Moody's 1994 book; the author cried at the end of a cut and said they got it.
    “It's based on Rick Moody's 1994 book, who saw a cut of it and cried at the end and was like, my God, they got it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Steven Soderbergh: 1 line

  1. unmapped (nod to a friend) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: Steven Soderbergh ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so). Fincher put Soderbergh's Singani 63 in the film as a nod to his buddy and let him pick the scene.
    “Fincher wanted to put it in the movie, as a nod to his buddy, Sudi, and said, uh, you can pick the scene where you want it applied.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:25:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Stieg Larsson: 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they were tied to as considered for Lisbeth: Stieg Larsson ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). The film is Zaillian's abridged adaptation of Larsson's novel, which loses nothing major.
    “I think this is an excellent piece of adaptation that does not really, like, skip anything major.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:49:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Sven Nykvist: 1 line

  1. craft (visual reference) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they were tied to as considered for Lisbeth: Sven Nykvist ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the maker said so). Someone on the shoot (Fincher, or the DP by the garbled name) wanted a Sven Nykvist look: warm fires, cold rooms.
    “I wanted to do a whole Sven Nikfist thing”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:11:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Brady Bunch Movie (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they were tied to as actor, turned down Wendy: The Brady Bunch Movie ⇒ The Ice Storm (the host's read). Simmons traces a mid-90s wave of 70s nostalgia (Brady Bunch movies, Reality Bites) that led to harder looks like Ice Storm.
    “They make the Brady Bunch movie, which is a parody of the Brady Bunch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:44 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

The Castle of Cagliostro (1979): 1 line

  1. career (career sequence) · through Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), which they were tied to as announced by Disney to voice Nausicaä: The Castle of Cagliostro ⇒ Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (the host's read). Cagliostro was poorly received by fans of the series, then Miyazaki struggled to get another film made, which led to the manga and then this film.
    “which is not well received, despite being a fucking awesome movie, because the fans thought it was too much of a departure from the series.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:34:54 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): 1 line, within their own work

  1. people (casting approach) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The speaker thinks Fincher's exhaustive casting search on Dragon Tattoo informed how he cast Amy with someone new to the audience.
    “that exhaustive casting search, which I do think informs the way he approaches Amy going into this movie as well”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:55:22 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish, 2009) (2009): 1 line

  1. lineage (remake) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they were tied to as considered for Lisbeth: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish, 2009) ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). The Fincher film is the American remake of the Swedish original; its director says he was not worried.
    “Everyone who loves film will go see the original.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:54:19 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Social Network (2010): 1 line

  1. people (casting led to) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they were tied to as considered for Lisbeth: The Social Network ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). Pascal saw the dailies from The Social Network and picked Rooney Mara for Lisbeth Salander.
    “Pascal basically sees the dailies from this movie and is like, Rooney Morris, Elizabeth Salander.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:59:02 · 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.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): 1 line

  1. people (led to casting) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as floated for Amy, squashed: Gone Girl ⇒ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (the host's read). While making Gone Girl, Affleck reportedly joked to his agent that he needed a heroic-chin movie after the evil-chin one.
    “the joke was the chin things in the script, he calls up his agent, while making Gone Girl, and says, like, I'm doing the evil chin movie now, you got to find me a heroic chin movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 1:06:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Gone Girl (2014): 1 line, within their own work

  1. people (casting approach) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they were tied to as considered for Lisbeth: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The speaker thinks Fincher's exhaustive casting search on Dragon Tattoo informed how he cast Amy with someone new to the audience.
    “that exhaustive casting search, which I do think informs the way he approaches Amy going into this movie as well”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:55:22 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Swingtown (TV): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they were tied to as actor, turned down Wendy: The Ice Storm ⇒ Swingtown (TV) (the host's read). Swingtown tried to tap the key party idea but belonged on Cinemax.
    “That show has to be on Cinemax.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:18 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Warriors of the Wind: 1 line

  1. craft (mutilated edit) · through Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), which they were tied to as announced by Disney to voice Nausicaä: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind ⇒ Warriors of the Wind (the host's read). The 95 minute American cut dropped the environmental themes, renamed Nausicaä as Princess Zandra and turned the Ohmu into plain enemies.
    “the film basically turns into an action adventure movie where like the environmentalist themes are kind of gone.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:24:25 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (13) everyone in acting

Other (7) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Natalie Portman → Garden State. A riff on Garden State turns into proposing Ben replace Zach Braff over the whole film as a Kuleshov-effect experiment.
    “Can we just shoot Ben in front of a green screen and like superimpose him over Zach Raff and keep the rest of the movie the same?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:54:33 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): Natalie Portman → Black Swan. Thor landed four to five months after Black Swan, so Portman's Oscar gave the film star power Marvel was lucky to get.
    “This comes out like 4 months after Black Swan, 5 months.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:32:01 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Thor → Natalie Portman. Portman had director approval and a multi-film contract but did not want to do more, so Marvel stopped forcing her.
    “she got director approval over these movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 1:28:08 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (casting): Natalie Portman → Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Portman was announced by Disney to voice Nausicaä and is cited as a woman culture has dumped its expectations on.
    “Natalie Portman, who almost played Nausicaa, was announced by Disney to play Nausicaa”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:47:31 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Heat → Natalie Portman. Natalie Portman in Heat is teased as the overacting award winner.
    “a young Natalie Portman getting the overacting award”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:40:37 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (3)

  1. what-if (what-if): Natalie Portman → Léon: The Professional. Cast what-if: Portman turned down Wendy, which would have made a trifecta with Professional and Beautiful Girls.
    “completing the trifecta of sexualizing Natalie Portman characters before she's turned 18”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:22 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Christina Ricci → Natalie Portman. Ricci's darker, more withering energy suits Wendy better than Portman would have.
    “Christina Ricci just has like a slightly darker energy and is a little bit more withering.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Thor: The Dark World → Natalie Portman. Portman had approval over director and script; the Jenkins firing is why she was done with these movies.
    “She didn't have anything on the Alan Taylor thing, and she was like, I'm done with these.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:15:05 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

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