This week’s Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt sit down for a delightfully dotty chat with Send Help stars, Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien, who talk about being directed by Sam Raimi with a paper bag over his head, pretending to know how to play golf, and delivering the greatest line reading of all time. (DISCLAIMER: There are no spoilers here, but maybe wait until you’ve seen Send Help before listening.)
Either side of that, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O’Hara, James Dyer, and Amon Warmann as they use Steven Spielberg’s elevation to EGOT status to Mount Rushmore the greatest EGOTs of them all. They also bid a sad farewell to Catherine O’Hara and pore over the pictures of Sam Mendes’ Beatles in the news section, while a packed reviews section sees them run their collective critical eye over Send Help, Riz Ahmed’s Hamlet, My Father’s Shadow, The Chronology Of Water, another Dylan O’Brien movie in Twinless, and 100 Nights Of Hero. Oh, and James may have got a new nickname at last. Enjoy.
And if all of the above isn’t quite enough Empire Podcast for you, then there’s plenty more where that came from. You can listen to this week’s episode (which, if you’re counting, is #704) on the pod app of your choice. There, you’ll also find the latest episode of new Empire Pod regular The Interviews, the latest instalment of which packs a trio of ace interviews — firstly with Shelter director-star duo Ric Roman Waugh and Jason Statham, then with Roofman director Derek Cianfrance, and last but by no means leastly 28 Years Later director Nia DaCosta. You lucky, lucky lot!
