Michael Cera

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q309555: 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: Knocked Up (2007). Count them as actor (12 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.

Mean Girls (2004): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Knocked Up (2007), which they were tied to as actor (reported DVD feature): Mean Girls ⇒ Knocked Up (the host's read). Bill thinks Mean Girls may have been the first to figure out 'more funny than romantic, but also having the romance'.
    “I feel like mean girls might have been the 1st one that figured out.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:37 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

Starting Over: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Knocked Up (2007), which they were tied to as actor (reported DVD feature): Starting Over ⇒ Knocked Up (the host's read). Bill offers Starting Over (Burt Reynolds, a love triangle in Boston) as an early prototype of Apatow movies.
    “It's got, it feels like a very early prototype of these Apatow movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:05:59 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

When Harry Met Sally (1989): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Knocked Up (2007), which they were tied to as actor (reported DVD feature): When Harry Met Sally ⇒ Knocked Up (the host's read). Bill dates the rom-com boom as starting with When Harry Met Sally and running to the mid 2000s, with Knocked Up on the other side of the shift.
    “It starts with when Harry Met Sally.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:12 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

This Is 40: 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Knocked Up (2007), which they were tied to as actor (reported DVD feature): Knocked Up ⇒ This Is 40 (the host's read). Bill says halfway through the movie it becomes a Rudd and Mann movie, which becomes This Is 40.
    “the movie pretty much becomes like a Rudd and man movie by the end of it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:12:53 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming) · through Knocked Up (2007), which they were tied to as actor (reported DVD feature): Knocked Up ⇒ This Is 40 (the host's read). Bill says the sequel is a more complicated movie than Knocked Up; Juliet says she doesn't like it as much.
    “This is 40, that it was looming, which I think is a more complicated movie than this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:44:31 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)

Bridesmaids (2011): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Knocked Up (2007), which they were tied to as actor (reported DVD feature): Knocked Up ⇒ Bridesmaids (the host's read). Bill frames Bridesmaids as Apatow's answer to the criticism of the female lead in Knocked Up.
    “And bridesmaids is the mic trap, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:11:00 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (15) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Michael Cera → Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Cera vanished until Molly's Game after Scott Pilgrim and Arrested Development.
    “I feel like he kind of vanished until like Molly's game.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:24:58 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Michael Cera → Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. With his post-fame leverage Cera made Scott Pilgrim, Youth in Revolt and Nick and Norah, hand-picking filmmakers and cast.
    “I want to make Scott Pilgrim, I want to make you some revolt.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:32:24 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Michael Cera → Arrested Development (series). Cera and Arnett did many scenes together on Arrested Development, and this film pulls that dynamic to extremes.
    “they did so many scenes together on Arrested Development.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:41:03 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Michael Cera → Knocked Up. Bill describes a DVD special feature where Michael Cera is 'fired' and Bennett Miller co-directs, a wrestling-style work.
    “Do you know about this special feature on the DVD where Michael Sarah gets fired from the film”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:05:30 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): Michael Cera → Jonah Hill. Cera in Superbad and Jonah: Superbad pitch.
    “Jonah Hill and Michael Sarah try to lose their virginity in one crazy night in high school.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:15:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Scott Pilgrim vs. the World → Michael Cera. Edgar says Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ellen Wong were in nearly every scene and were most exhausted by the shoot.
    “for like Michael Sarah and Mary Elizabeth Winstead in particular because they were in the entire thing.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:09:53 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (archetype guess): Girl Shy → Michael Cera. Harold Lloyd's shy boy is likened to a Michael Cera type.
    “He's more of a Michael Sarah motherfucker.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:46:33 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Michael Cera: Allegra Frank's interview with Cera, who said his best compliment is when someone enjoys his dinner.
    “To me, the best compliment I could ever get in the world is when I make dinner for someone and they enjoy it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:30:19 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)