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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Sarah deserved to die; Gerard Butler should have been James Bond instead of Daniel Craig

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Approx. transcript time · 01:06:33Read transcript
  • One participant did not prepare a take because he did not know he would be in that chair. — Bill Simmons
  • Take: Sarah deserved to die; the hosts joke she was headed for a relationship with Nick.
  • Hottest take: Gerard Butler should have been James Bond instead of Daniel Craig 20 years ago, at a similar career point, in Casino Royale or Skyfall.
  • The take is called entertaining 'total bullshit' and a 'dazzling putrid take' given Craig's success; without Bond, Butler might not have made Den of Thieves, and Daniel Craig could have been in this film.
  • Objections: Butler's brand is brutality while Bond needs suaveness, and his Scottish delivery; he does fit the Sean Connery man's-man Bond, but the objector concludes it is terrible. — Van Lathan
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Casting What-Ifs

Butler and Foxx originally in each other's roles; Frank Darabont originally set to direct

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  • Casting what-ifs opens with 'we mentioned the Butler Fox thing'.
  • Foxx was first set to play Clyde and Butler the lawyer until Butler pushed to flip, as the hosts said earlier.
  • The hosts say Frank Darabont was supposed to direct and left over creative differences, joking he could not do another movie with tunnels to jail cells; they say he later sued AMC over The Walking Dead.
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The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

Gregory Itzin as the warden

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Recasting Couch

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Worst Accent

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

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Half-Assed Internet Research

Butler's law training and firing as a trainee solicitor; the film's toll on Butler; filming in Philadelphia; the near-NC-17 cellmate killing; Nomos meaning law in Greek; Bruce McGill's two car-explosion deaths

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Approx. transcript time · 01:14:30Read transcript
  • The hosts say Butler graduated from law school in Glasgow, was a trainee solicitor, got fired and became an actor. — Craig Horlbeck
  • The hosts report Butler's own account that the film messed with him, and he went away to hike and then to India; he is called one of the most interesting people and a wished-for podcast guest.
  • They filmed in Philadelphia; the hosts quote Butler that veteran crew were stunned by the cellmate killing and the ratings board said it would be rated NC 17, so it was cut down. — Bill Simmons
  • Nomos, Clyde's janitor identity, is said to mean law in Greek. — Bill Simmons
  • The hosts note Bruce McGill has two car-explosion deaths, the other in The Last Boy Scout; a website tracking actors' movie deaths is pitched. — Bill Simmons
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Cruise or Hanks?

Cruise

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Approx. transcript time · 01:17:51Read transcript
  • Hanks goes in the Philadelphia shadow sequel with Denzel as Nick, and Cruise would be a phenomenal Clyde, a dark role he should have done more after Collateral.
  • Cruise would have crushed the hyper-fixated Clyde and learned tunneling and bomb-making; running would have been added in the parking garage. — Bill Simmons
  • A speaker says Craig thought Cruise would make a good Rewatchables guest and they argued; the other thinks Cruise would not answer a single category and dares him to come on. — Bill Simmons
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Did This Movie Need a Random Sports Scene?

Nick's Saturday-morning basketball game with an exploding ball

Flex pick · Bill Simmons

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Approx. transcript time · 01:20:06Read transcript
  • Nick's Saturday-morning basketball game with legal colleagues, where the ball explodes on a layup after Nick passes it. — Bill Simmons
  • Tennis and softball are considered, but basketball is best; Nick insisting on his hoops game amid the bombings fits the character. — Bill Simmons
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Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake

Sequel in which Nick faces Clyde's booby traps

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Approx. transcript time · 01:26:32Read transcript
  • The hosts say a sequel was announced in May 2022 with Kurt Wimmer returning, Butler producing and producer Lucas Foster calling the premise more relevant than ever, but three years later it was said not to be happening. — Van Lathan
  • Sequel idea: Nick finds Clyde set booby traps in case he died, and Billy Bob Thornton plays a former associate who must get into Clyde's head. — Bill Simmons
  • The traps could include the basketball bomb or a bomb in the cello. — Bill Simmons
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The Andy and Red – Zihuatanejo Award for What Happens the Next Day?

Nick goes to jail for blowing up the prison

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Approx. transcript time · 01:26:57Read transcript
  • What happens the next day is taken up early: 'I'll just do it now'. — Van Lathan
  • Nick goes to jail for blowing up a prison and probably many people in it with no warning; he should be arrested at the cello recital. — Bill Simmons
  • The bomb could take out two floors, so an inmate serving a short weed sentence would be killed. — Van Lathan
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