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Diane Lane
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 3
- Movies in this archive
- 3
Rewatchables episodes featuring Diane Lane’s films
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Mentioned in discussions
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Center Jim and Lamar; Wahlberg’s actress collaborators; Larson or Theron chemistry
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:12:23Read transcript
- Remove the Amy romance and center Jim’s relationship with Lamar, including the ethical conflict of point shaving and the athlete’s exceptional talent. — Bill Simmons
- Wahlberg is credited with repeatedly working opposite attractive actresses at notable career moments: Heather Graham, Diane Lane, Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Banks, Kate Mara, Amy Adams, Mila Kunis and Brie Larson. — Bill Simmons
- Brie Larson is proposed as Wahlberg’s best chemistry despite the argument for cutting her subplot; Charlize Theron competes. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Hanks; Ryder; Harrelson; Dorothy finalists; Foxx; Jackson; uncertain Lane
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 00:19:01Read transcript
- Gooding reportedly auditioned early and remained the benchmark despite later auditions including Jamie Foxx. His voluntary decision to undress for an audition scene is corrected after a misunderstanding that he was required to. — Bill Simmons
- Gooding receiving his Oscar from Mira Sorvino is noted because she reportedly lost Dorothy when her agents requested too much money. — Bill Simmons
- Crowe reportedly wrote for Hanks and Winona Ryder; Hanks passed after the long writing process to make That Thing You Do!, and Ryder with Cruise seemed too sibling-like. Woody Harrelson reportedly rejected an offer because audiences would not care about an agent; his hypothetical casting is considered inferior to Cruise. — Bill Simmons
- Gwyneth Paltrow's reading with Cruise reportedly reminded Crowe of Annie Hall. Janeane Garofalo reportedly lost weight as requested for Dorothy but was then told she was too old. — Bill Simmons
- Jennifer Lopez auditioned, but Connie Britton was reportedly the final alternative to Zellweger. Britton's height theory and reportedly disastrous screen test are discussed without settling the reason. — Bill Simmons
- Jamie Foxx's Rod audition is revisited as a plausible different version of the role, with Willie Beamen later giving him a sports-film showcase. — Bill Simmons
- Janet Jackson reportedly auditioned and accepted Marcee before the deal fell through; Regina King replaced her and the film helped move her toward major Hollywood roles. — Bill Simmons
- Diane Lane as Avery is an uncorroborated casting rumor that excites interest; Preston's death is distinguished from Lane, who is alive.
Recasting Couch
Diane Lane, Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Scarlett Johansson for Nicky’s wife and Ginger
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:34:51Read transcript
- Diane Lane is proposed for Nicky’s wife. — Bill Simmons
- Madonna is proposed for Nicky’s wife after losing the Ginger role.
- Lady Gaga is proposed for Ginger.
- Match Point-era Scarlett Johansson is proposed for Ginger. — Bill Simmons
Apex Mountain
The funeral scene as an acting peak; Sosa; ticket scalpers
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:05:34Read transcript
- Keanu’s career is rejected as apex here, but the funeral is treated as possibly his best single acting scene. — Van Lathan
- The Devil’s Advocate performance is defended, followed by rejections for Diane Lane, Michael B. Jordan, John Hawks and D.B. Sweeney. — Bill Simmons
- Sosa is endorsed as still at his peak before public decline, followed by a remake joke about playing the coach. — Bill Simmons
- Ticket scalpers are proposed at a peak before online sales, with Money Talks as another film example. — Bill Simmons
- Posthumous Biggie is proposed but rejected in favor of Life After Death and the Notorious movie. — Van Lathan
- Big Papa itself is proposed because of enduring cable exposure. — Bill Simmons
- The Tim Floyd era is endorsed, then the Bulls failure to win 22 games and uncertainty about another head job are discussed. — Bill Simmons
- Self-inflicted movie fights prompt another apex question, with Fight Club favored and Me, Myself and Irene recalled. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 00:57:37Read transcript
- Diane Lane seems disconnected from the rest of the movie; a five-day shoot and little plot briefing are speculation. — Bill Simmons
- The role is imagined as one she would decline after Unfaithful. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Keanu was required for the movie; the love interest was reportedly added at the studio’s request.
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 00:12:28Read transcript
- The producer account says there would be no Hardball without Keanu, just as Coach Carter required Sam Jackson. — Bill Simmons
- No alternative lead is reported; Diane Lane’s love-interest role was reportedly added after a studio request for a woman in the story. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
The children, lasting friendships, performances, and selected scenes
In the discussion (12)
Approx. transcript time · 00:39:32Read transcript
- Michael B. Jordan is praised for the hurt in the scene where the altered birth certificate keeps him from playing. — Bill Simmons
- Jamal is imagined as Wallace before a move from Chicago to Baltimore, perhaps with Wallace as his surname. — Bill Simmons
- Sterling Brim is reported to have met Michael B. Jordan on the film after moving from a planned baseball-extra role to the team; their lasting friendship is praised. — Van Lathan
- The movie is tentatively credited with originating the going-to-the-ship chant after a search, rather than an established history. — Bill Simmons
- John Hawks is praised, with Winter’s Bone recognition and Miami Vice mentioned. — Bill Simmons
- The baseball outing and peak Sammy Sosa cameo are liked; a producer account says a $50,000 fee gained an extra $5,000 cash payment after a $10,000 demand. — Bill Simmons
- A viewing anecdote recalls falsely promising a spouse nobody dies and provoking an angry, tearful reaction. — Bill Simmons
- The late-practice problem is handled effectively, while the overacting and awkward smoking provide unintended comedy. — Bill Simmons
- Diane Lane is seen as working hard without chemistry or sufficient material; a joking explanation connects the frustration to Unfaithful. — Bill Simmons
- A Chicago Bad News Bears concept appeals as television; G baby negotiating his teammate’s return deepens his character, and the child cast has no weak performer. — Bill Simmons
- Black child performers are argued to have a high success rate, with Phantom Menace offered as a contrasting failure. — Van Lathan
- The gang-violence portrayal remains relevant and is recalled as an early personal exposure; the other response puts this under aged worst. — Van Lathan
Recasting Couch
Michelle Pfeiffer or Diane Lane as Darien
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:22:24Read transcript
- Michelle Pfeiffer in the "Dary and" (Darien) part takes the movie up a notch because the character should be older and has been around the block. — Brian Koppelman
- The Pfeiffer obsession prompts a push to get her on the podcast. — Brian Koppelman
- Demi Moore is asked about and Melanie Griffith suggested, then doubted as lacking a Greenwich Academy background and having the wrong energy; Pfeiffer looks like a New York prep-school kid. — Brian Koppelman
- A Pfeiffer story: at a party she brushed off Don Henley while Nicholson watched, and Henley wrote The Last Worthless Evening about her. — Brian Koppelman
- Diane Lane is added, liked even more than Pfeiffer. — Brian Koppelman
Recasting Couch
Diane Lane in Deborah Kara Unger’s role; Denzel Washington as Nicholas
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 00:46:45Read transcript
- Diane Lane is proposed over Deborah Kara Unger as a more involving version of the same role. — Bill Simmons
- Denzel Washington is proposed as Nicholas because he can hold attention while playing a flawed or unlikeable man. — Sean Fennessey
- Bill Murray is the joking fallback because he had already played a Scrooge figure.
- Robert De Niro’s Heat persona is imagined as another severe Nicholas alternative.
- The De Niro version resumes with an imagined CRS interview. — Chris Ryan
- Al Pacino is proposed for Conrad opposite the De Niro version. — Chris Ryan
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:29:29Read transcript
- The show does not need to do Who Won the Movie because Diane Lane won the movie and a host's heart; "Diane Lane for life" is echoed. — Bill Simmons
- A wife and mother who love the movie's French guy are told they can fuck off. — Bill Simmons
Podcast choices
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:16:52Read transcript
- Diane Lane is at Apex Mountain, 100 percent; it is nice that she finally got an awesome part. — Bill Simmons
- Olivier Martinez is 'probably' there, unless it was when he won a fist fight with Halle Berry's new boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry. — Bill Simmons
- Richard Gere, no way; Adrian Lyne, no. — Bill Simmons
- Reading Braille as foreplay is floated as an Apex first and mocked from a blind person's perspective, like offering a spin in a wheelchair. — Wesley Morris
- Killing someone with a snow globe is floated as a first, though it feels like there have been snow-globe murders before. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Brad Pitt or Ryan Phillippe as Paul; Jennifer Lopez as Connie
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:06:59Read transcript
- Brad Pitt and Ryan Phillippe were reportedly offered Paul before the role was made French for exoticism; everyone who likes the movie likes Olivier Martinez. — Bill Simmons
- Cheating with someone of a different nationality might feel like an 80 percent cheat; another white guy would have hit Gere harder. — Bill Simmons
- Jennifer Lopez was offered the role and turned it down because the script was not all the way there, and after Lane's nomination said she wanted to shoot her toe off. — Bill Simmons
- Speaking as a J.Lo actor truther, one participant says she made the right choice: it is a particular movie-star part that works with Diane Lane or Foster, and J.Lo in the suburbs married to Gere would never stop being J.Lo. — Wesley Morris
- The film never shows how the couple met; audiences may know Gere and Lane worked together before, and there is a wish to see Gere pick someone up without paying. — Wesley Morris
- Lyne cast Lane after seeing A Walk on the Moon, calling her sympathetic when so many sexy women are tough and hard. — Bill Simmons
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