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  1. unmapped (screen presence): Benicio del Toro → The Usual Suspects. In the 90s del Toro was almost too interesting, like a Philip Glass score in a movie.
    “Like, you know, especially things like usual suspects is he is like a Philip Glass score in a movie where you're just like, he's almost too interesting.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 2:20:25 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (shared actor): Seven → The Usual Suspects. Kevin Spacey is the scariest person in both worlds in the same breakout year.
    “in both 7 and the usual suspects, in the worlds of those movies, he's the worst, scariest person.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 2:03:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Benicio del Toro → The Usual Suspects. Del Toro is like Brando and cannot be directed, as in the Usual Suspects story where he refused to say the line normally.
    “He's kind of like Brando where you like can't direct.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:09:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Chazz Palminteri → The Usual Suspects. He was in The Usual Suspects a year later, a bigger film but he is less central.
    “he's in the usual suspects like a year later.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:33:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. verdict (Apex Mountain: Palminteri): A Bronx Tale → The Usual Suspects. Apex Mountain for Palminteri: A Bronx Tale or The Usual Suspects, with Suspects bigger but this his whole life.
    “So suspects is definitely a bigger movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:33:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. contrast (contrast): Seven → The Usual Suspects. Both were hugely influential 1995 genre movies that the Oscars largely ignored; Usual Suspects got a screenplay win while Se7en got only editing.
    “Usual suspects had space to get nominated for best supporting actor, and it got nominated for best original screenplay.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:51 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  7. industry (industry): Seven → The Usual Suspects. Spacey went uncredited in Se7en and the earlier-released Usual Suspects built momentum; two twists may have been too much for the Academy.
    “I wonder if 2 super duper, incredibly memorable twists, a quarter of a century later, uh, was too many for the academy to handle”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)