Trivia: Because Ryan Reynolds' face is covered for most of the film, it gave them the opportunity to change some of his dialogue after filming. Reynolds would often think of funny lines, record them on his iPhone, send them to the editors, and if the line worked he'd then record it properly. He's said that some of the iPhone recordings were used directly.
Jon Sandys
16th May 2023
Deadpool (2016)
16th May 2023
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Trivia: As with the first film, Reynolds' face being covered meant if he thought of funnier lines after filming was wrapped it was comparatively easy to record new ones and replace the originals.
16th Mar 2023
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
Trivia: Puzzle master Melvin Stermley is played by Melissa Fumero's real-life husband, David Fumero.
25th Dec 2022
Knives Out (2019)
Trivia: At the end, Benoit Blanc says he noticed the blood on Marta's shoe the first time she stepped in front of him. Rewatching the sequence when they first meet, as he says "I've been doin' a little pokin'" he does indeed look down as he speaks and takes a fraction of a second pause, noticing the blood but continuing to talk as normal. (00:23:45)
25th Dec 2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
Trivia: The hourly "dong" is voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rian Johnson's frequent collaborator.
27th Oct 2022
The Batman (2022)
Trivia: A point in the score from Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher, by Joe Kraemer, inspired The Batman's signature motif by Michael Giacchino. After the phone call between Jack and Helen when he warns her potentially not to trust her father, he's driving across a bridge and the music is almost identical to the "bom...bombom...bom" theme from this movie. (01:26:50)
14th Oct 2022
She-Hulk (2022)
Trivia: The intro for this episode closely mirrors that of The Incredible Hulk TV show which premiered in 1978, with many of the same shots and narration.
6th Oct 2022
Lucifer (2015)
29th Sep 2022
Lucifer (2015)
25th Aug 2022
She-Hulk (2022)
Trivia: When Jen gets the job offer in the bar, Ally McBeal is on the TV. That was added in post-production as a deliberate nod to one of the influences on this show.
7th Aug 2022
Boston Legal (2004)
Trivia: The footage of Denny Crane as a young man trying a case with his father comes from a TV play called "The Defender", broadcast live in 1957. The details of the case and trial are the same as referenced in this episode, and the title of this episode is a direct reference. One notable difference is that Joseph Gordon, here played by James Keane, was played by Steve McQueen in the original, who of course couldn't reprise his role.
30th Jul 2022
The Gray Man (2022)
Trivia: Chris Evans refers to Ryan Gosling as a "Ken Doll." Gosling is playing the role of Ken in an upcoming Barbie movie.
23rd Jul 2022
Boston Legal (2004)
Trivia: Alan mentions networks even censoring their scripted shows - that's a pointed reference to the fact that ABC executives ordered any explicit references of Fox News to be removed from this episode.
22nd Jul 2022
The Orville (2017)
Trivia: The story Dolly Parton tells about injuring her toes as a child is true, and happened exactly as her hologram recounts here.
31st May 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Trivia: "Darkstar" flies low over the ground and its wake tears the roof off a shack. The roof wasn't actually meant to come off, but it looked so good and fit the scene so well they used that take.
11th Apr 2022
Jack Reacher (2012)
Trivia: A point in the score from this, by Joe Kraemer, inspired The Batman's signature motif by Michael Giacchino. After the phone call between Jack and Helen when he warns her potentially not to trust her father, he's driving across a bridge and the music is almost identical to the "bom...bombom...bom" theme from The Batman.
7th Feb 2022
Reacher (2022)
Trivia: The man Reacher passes in the diner at the end of the episode who says "excuse me" is the author of the Jack Reacher novels, Lee Child.
26th Nov 2021
Die Hard (1988)
Trivia: The password cracked to enter the safe is Akagi / Red Castle, the name of an aircraft carrier which seemingly Takagi's grandfather served on. It fought in the Battle of Midway, under the command of Vice Admiral Nagumo. James Shigeta, who played Takagi in this film, also played Nagumo in the 1976 film Midway.
29th Sep 2021
No Time to Die (2021)
Trivia: One of the biggest cinematic "casualties" of the pandemic. It was originally scheduled to be released in April 2020, then delayed to November 2020, then to April 2021, and finally premiered in London on 28 September 2021, shortly before a worldwide release.
4th Jul 2021
Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Trivia: The mysterious processed voice of The Director is actually that of Ryan Reynolds, under his pseudonym of Champ Nightingale. Which doesn't necessarily mean his character is the primary antagonist. But might.
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