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James Remar
Also referred to as James Raymar, James Ramirez, James Ramire, Raymar, Remar, Ajax
Stats
- Episodes featuring their films
- 5
- Movies in this archive
- 6
Rewatchables episodes featuring James Remar’s films
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2019 film
Bill Simmons · Sean Fennessey · Chris Ryan
Aired February 6, 2020
Displaying all 5 episodes
Mentioned in discussions
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:33:29Read transcript
- Weaver’s salary negotiation is recounted
- Paxton’s prospective Police Academy 2 role and Bobcat Goldthwait are discussed
- James Remar’s removal and Biehn’s quick arrival are recounted
- Pacino visiting a neighboring set leads to imagined roles for him; those are jokes, not casting history
The most 1986 thing
Vietnam echoes and 1986 Hollywood conventions
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:04:20Read transcript
- Vietnam-war overtones
- A female action lead treated as a novel proposition
- Michael Biehn replacing James Remar
- Burke’s contemporary-looking blazer
- Metroid and the female-hero reveal are linked to Ripley
The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
The adults, especially the disengaged fathers
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:00:16Read transcript
- The entire neighborhood is a collection of unguarded treehouses, wells, tracks, highways, dogs, and cliffs. — Bill Simmons
- The adults’ behavior is the direct weak-link answer. — Chris Ryan
- A stronger actor such as James Remar or using David Morse as Wallace is proposed.
Recasting Couch
Melanie Griffith as Bianca; multiple Vukovich alternatives
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:26:53Read transcript
- Gary Sinise’s reported audition and recommendation of Petersen inform recasting alternatives: Sinise, Andy Garcia and John Malkovich, with Garcia considered too handsome and Pankow’s chase acting defended. — Bill Simmons
- Further Vukovich alternatives include Kelsey Grammer, Jeff Goldblum, Stanley Tucci, Will Patton, Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton, with age, height and attractiveness qualifications; Malkovich remains favored by one participant.
- Bianca recasting candidates include Melanie Griffith, Rosanna Arquette, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly McGillis and Daryl Hannah; dance credibility matters and Griffith is favored.
- More Vukovich recasts are David Patrick Kelly, Michael Madsen, James Remar, J. T. Walsh and John Heard, with Madsen considered too handsome.
The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award
Ray Baker; James Remar receives a namesake-award joke.
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:53Read transcript
- Ray Baker is selected as the That Guy winner. — Mallory Rubin
- James Remar is jokingly declared the winner of a self-named award for appearing in the movie. — Mallory Rubin
Casting What-Ifs
Peter Weller ultimately won the role after a long search; the discussion covers many alternate Murphy, Lewis, and Boddicker choices.
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:15:34Read transcript
- Jonathan Kaplan left to direct Project X, and Verhoeven initially dismissed the script. — Bill Simmons
- Schwarzenegger, Ironside, Rucker Hauer, Tom Berringer, Armin Asante, Keith Caradine, and James Remar were Murphy possibilities. — Bill Simmons
- Steven Seagal appears among possible Murphy headshots and is developed as a comic alternate. — Bill Simmons
- Stephanie Zimbalist was cast as Lewis but a Remington Steele pickup prevented it. — Bill Simmons
- Michael Ironside declined Boddicker and Kurtwood Smith moved from auditioning for Dick Jones to Boddicker. — Bill Simmons
Apex Mountain
S&M leather scene in movies
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:34:46Read transcript
- Pacino is rejected for Apex here. — Wesley Morris
- Sorvino is rejected for Apex here. — Wesley Morris
- Remar is rejected for Apex here. — Wesley Morris
- Friedkin is rejected for Apex here. — Wesley Morris
- Karen Allen is rejected for Apex here. — Wesley Morris
- Crisco, nasal spray or poppers, and handkerchiefs are floated without a resolved affirmative choice.
- The S&M leather scene in movies receives an affirmative Apex judgment; Pulp Fiction’s gimp is considered a more problematic, decontextualized later portrayal. — Wesley Morris
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:29:15Read transcript
- Gene Davis as Da Vinci is selected, with his 10 toMidnight, Messenger of Death and Fear X roles recalled. — Bill Simmons
- Other heat-check candidates are the interrogation enforcer, Bruno Kirby, Powers Boothe, James Remar and soundtrack contributor Willy DeVille. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:27:07Read transcript
- Joe Spinell and Mike Starr’s vicious cop partnership is the that-guy choice, with James Remar also recalled. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
Erotic engagement; New York; killer voices; soundtrack; apartments; clubs; Mercedes; police critique; Ted; Remar; costumes; title card
In the discussion (13)
Approx. transcript time · 00:05:00Read transcript
- The club scenes are praised for erotic engagement and reciprocal looks rather than detached tourism, illustrating cruising through eye contact. — Wesley Morris
- The movie captures layered New York nightlife and the descent from ordinary streets into unknown enclosed spaces; it is praised as of a place rather than merely shot there. — Chris Ryan
- The killer or killers are creepy, and the conspicuously different dubbed voices can heighten that creepiness despite sounding bad.
- The gritty mostly punk soundtrack lends legitimacy despite largely unfamiliar songs; it is distinguished from a disco soundtrack and linked to emerging post-punk/no-wave music. — Bill Simmons
- Karen Allen’s presence and apartment are appreciated, with real buildings and apartments making the city convincing rather than repeatedly reused sets. — Chris Ryan
- Burns removing window-fan slats and the informal rules of apartment leasing feel specifically New York. — Wesley Morris
- The clubs feel authentic: Anvil, Ramrod, Wolf’s Den, Cockpit, Eagle’s Nest/Eagle, plus unnamed policeman and American-flag bars. — Wesley Morris
- Martino Perry’s Mercedes is admired, including casually parking where a space should not exist.
- The film’s view of police power and lawlessness remains relevant. — Bill Simmons
- Ted’s boy-meets-boy play synopsis, ending with an analyst, is enjoyed. — Bill Simmons
- James Remar’s committed performance is praised alongside The Warriors and 48 Hrs.; a neighborhood sighting prompts an anecdote about being too intimidated to approach him.
- Burns’s wardrobe progresses from khakis and work shirt to makeup and studded leather, visibly tracking exploration that may go unnoticed on a first viewing.
- The title card is praised alongside the other Naughty November films’ striking title sequences. — Chris Ryan
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:57:07Read transcript
- James Remar as Ugly Owl Hoot on Bounty Law is nominated, remembered from 48 Hours, The Warriors and Sex and the City; Clifton Collins as the vaquero is also mentioned.
- Other nominees include Rebecca Gayhart, Damon Harriman from Justified, and Clue Gulliger as the bookstore owner, a 1960s western star.
- Danielle Harris, from Halloween 4 and The Last Boy Scout, plays a Manson family member.
- The award is given to Remar. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Fishburne and Snipes's role swap; James Russo as Jimmy Jump; James Remar and Harvey Keitel as Frank White
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 00:33:08Read transcript
- As told on air, Fishburne was first cast as Flanagan, the Snipes part; Russo turned down Jimmy Jump; Fishburne switched roles, and Caruso, who had done a TV pilot with Snipes, begged the director to give Snipes Fishburne's old part. — Bill Simmons
- Snipes's performance reads as Diet Coke Snipes until the end; his one Black cop among white cops is called a purposeful inversion of Walken's white boss with a Black gang.
- The account given: Russo, a Ferrara regular since China Girl, was written Jimmy Jump and Caruso the cop to exploit their rivalry from that film, but Russo turned it down rather than let Caruso spit in his face.
- Russo is said to have later admitted on Django that turning down the part was idiotic; Fishburne licks the spit and wins that scene.
- Casting what-ifs is said to be done already, but more stories are being saved.
- Per the account given, four years earlier Ferrara planned the film with James Remar as Frank White after The Cotton Club; later at Live it was to be Harvey Keitel, who backed out to do Bad Lieutenant instead, and then the part went to Walken.
- It has to be Walken, with a distancing quality Keitel lacks; it is called the best Walken part of all time, and the whole-movie contest is a three-way dogfight among The Deer Hunter, King of New York and The Funeral.
Displaying discussions 1 - 12 of 24 in total
Films in the archive
48 Hrs.
1982
Cruising
1980
Django Unchained
2012
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2019
The Warriors
1979
What Lies Beneath
2000