Brian Cox

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q34975: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Pixels, which Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Manhunter (1986); Zodiac (2007); Pixels (2015); The Rookie.

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.

Collateral (2004): 1 line

  1. people (casting) · through Zodiac (2007), which they acted in: Collateral ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Fincher cast Ruffalo partly because he liked him in Collateral.
    “One, Fincher really liked him in collateral.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:24:06 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Donnie Darko (2001): 1 line

  1. people (casting) · through Zodiac (2007), which they acted in: Donnie Darko ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Fincher liked Donnie Darko and had Gyllenhaal pegged for a while.
    “unsurprisingly, Fincher liked Donny Darko”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:22:44 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Ed Gein: 1 line

  1. lineage (real-life source) · through Manhunter (1986), which they acted in: Ed Gein ⇒ Manhunter (the host's read). Manhunter and the Hannibal Lecter material also draw on Gein.
    “I mean, Manhunter.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:19:23 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Futurama (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (ripped off) · through Pixels (2015), which they acted in: Futurama ⇒ Pixels (the host's read). The premise of Pixels is said to be ripped off from a Futurama episode.
    “It is very much ripped off from Futurama.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:49:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Ghostbusters (1984): 1 line

  1. unmapped (tonal model) · through Pixels (2015), which they acted in: Ghostbusters ⇒ Pixels (the host's read). Pixels is called a Ghostbusters knockoff, with Adam Sandler trying to do Ghostbusters with Chris Columbus.
    “Hixels is Ghostbusters.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:48:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

L.A. Confidential (1997): 1 line

  1. lineage (structure / influence) · through Zodiac (2007), which they acted in: L.A. Confidential ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Leslye says Zodiac feels like it follows in the footsteps of L.A. Confidential.
    “zodiac feels like it follows in the footsteps of that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:50:16 · Leslye Headland (0.80 sure it was them)

Pixels (short film): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pixels (2015), which they acted in: Pixels (short film) ⇒ Pixels (the host's read). The speaker says the feature grew from a viral short that was a visual effects show reel made by an aspiring VFX artist, who was paid millions in a studio bidding war but had no stake in the movie.
    “I believe the person was like an aspiring visual effects artist and he made it”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:49:29 · Bobby Finger or Lindsey Weber (0.30 sure it was them)

Robert Graysmith: 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Zodiac (2007), which they acted in: Robert Graysmith ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). The Salerno script, which Vanderbilt took over, adapted Graysmith's nonfiction book (with a speculative sequel bolted on).
    “So it's sort of like an adaptation of Graysmith's nonfiction book and a speculative sequence.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:50:39 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Rumor Has It: 1 line

  1. people (casting) · through Zodiac (2007), which they acted in: Rumor Has It ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Jennifer Aniston, on Rumor Has It with Ruffalo, helped him get the role.
    “So rumor has it kind of helps him get this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:25:09 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Seven (1995): 1 line

  1. unmapped (why Fincher was offered it) · through Zodiac (2007), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Seven made Fincher the first choice for any serial-killer project, Zodiac included.
    “Ever since he makes seven, if there's some serial killer movie, is getting sent it”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:51:53 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

The Conversation (1974): 1 line

  1. craft (temp score) · through Zodiac (2007), which they acted in: The Conversation ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). The Conversation's score was used as temp music while Zodiac was cut, then Shire scored it.
    “they use the conversation score as temp score.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 2:14:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Shining (1980): 1 line

  1. unmapped (stolen move) · through Zodiac (2007), which they acted in: The Shining ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Fincher steals the Steadicam move where the camera turns with the car and keeps it centered.
    “Fincher steals that move of like when the car turns a corner”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:05:09 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Thief (1981): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Manhunter (1986), which they acted in: Thief ⇒ Manhunter (the host's read). Thief's final shootout is a dry run for Manhunter's.
    “That whole shootout is very reminiscent of the shootout at the end of Manhunter”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:11:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Thomas Harris: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Manhunter (1986), which they acted in: Thomas Harris ⇒ Manhunter (the host's read). Manhunter is Mann's Thomas Harris adaptation.
    “Um, the Thomas Harris adaptation.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:49:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

The Silence of the Lambs (1991): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Manhunter (1986), which they acted in: Manhunter ⇒ The Silence of the Lambs (the host's read). Silence of the Lambs and the Hannibal Lecter universe come in the aftermath of Manhunter.
    “Obviously, like Silence of the Lambs and the expanded Hannibal Lecter universe comes in the aftermath of this”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:49:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (5) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (recasting): Gary Oldman → Brian Cox. Fincher tried Oldman in prosthetics for Belli, then hired Cox.
    “He always asked Gary Oldman in, but he put him in a bunch of prosthetics and was like, this looks silly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:52:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (casting what-if): Malcolm McDowell → Brian Cox. The speakers wonder whether X2 called McDowell after Cox said no.
    “They must have called Malcolm for X2.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:04:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Brian Cox: Cox's Belli looks straight into the lens when talking; the speaker likens it to the Lambs cam.
    “he's just looking like essentially straight into the cam song.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:51:09 · Leslye Headland (0.40 sure it was them)