Angela Bassett

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q232120: 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: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005); Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022); Wendell and Wild (2022).

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.

Black Panther (2018): 2 lines

  1. theme (ancestral plane parallel) · through Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), which they acted in: Black Panther ⇒ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (the host's read). Van explains that in the first film T'Challa saw his father on the ancestral plane because he had questions for him, while Shuri saw Killmonger because she wanted revenge, the same motive Killmonger had.
    “Shuri did not want to be the Black Panther to protect Wakanda.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:32:14 · Van Lathan (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (CGI weakness) · through Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), which they acted in: Black Panther ⇒ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (the host's read). The first film's video-game-looking CGI showdown is doubled down on in the sequel, with flying robots and an aircraft-carrier fight.
    “You know, it just kind of looked like a video game a little bit.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:46:42 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Captain America: Civil War (2016): 1 line

  1. theme (character introduction) · through Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), which they acted in: Captain America: Civil War ⇒ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (the host's read). Van says Black Panther was handled better in Civil War than in his own movie, and that Civil War served as his origin; Ironheart's introduction here does not land the same way.
    “Black Panther, to me, was portrayed better in Civil War than he was in the original Black Panther movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:37:09 · Van Lathan (0.85 sure it was them)

Coraline (2009): 1 line

  1. unmapped (technique evolution) · through Wendell and Wild (2022), which they acted in: Coraline ⇒ Wendell and Wild (the maker said so: Selick's own statement). Selick turned against slick 3D-assisted look after Coraline and kept seams visible and embraced artifice in Wendell & Wild.
    “He said Coraline was maybe a little too smooth, and he wanted to go a bit backwards and show off the artifice with this movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 1:08:37 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Iron Man 2 (2010): 1 line

  1. theme (character introduction) · through Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), which they acted in: Iron Man 2 ⇒ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (the host's read). Van says the MCU has introduced characters inside other movies before, like Black Widow in Iron Man 2.
    “Black Widow makes her a parent, her 1st appearance.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:37:22 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them)

Jordan Peele: 1 line

  1. lineage (origin of film) · through Wendell and Wild (2022), which they acted in: Jordan Peele ⇒ Wendell and Wild (the maker said so: Selick's account of seeing Key and Peele). Selick saw Key and Peele on Comedy Central and realized they were Wendell and Wild.
    “then it hit me, Wendell and Wild.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 0:53:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Pablo Lobato: 1 line

  1. lineage (visual inspiration) · through Wendell and Wild (2022), which they acted in: Pablo Lobato ⇒ Wendell and Wild (the host's read). Selick picked a flat, cutout caricature style that should not be adaptable to 3D and asked the team to build it.
    “Wendolyn Wilde, Argentinian artist, Pablo Lobato, is the big inspiration for the look of a lot of these guys.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 1:09:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

The Shadow King: 1 line

  1. unmapped (unfinished predecessor) · through Wendell and Wild (2022), which they acted in: The Shadow King ⇒ Wendell and Wild (the host's read). The Shadow King combined stop motion with shadow animation; some of that is used in Wendell & Wild.
    “And they use some of that in this film, Wendell and Wild.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 0:44:46 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

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

Ironheart (2025): 1 line

  1. unmapped (backdoor pilot) · through Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), which they acted in: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ⇒ Ironheart (the host's read). Amanda feels the Riri Williams plot turns the movie into a backdoor pilot for the Ironheart show, which weighs down an already crowded film.
    “the movie also simultaneously kind of becomes like a backdoor pilot for the Ironheart TV show.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:35:38 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

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Fun items about them

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