This week’s Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt sit down in a London hotel room with Amanda Seyfried and Mona Fastvold, star and director respectively of the audacious new musical biopic The Testament Of Ann Lee. It’s a conversation that takes in everything from wearing T-shirts with your face on it to the trick of choreographing incredibly complex dance numbers, and is a ton of fun. That starts around 42:18 and finishes around 1:02:50. Elsewhere, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O’Hara, James Dyer and, for the first time on the regular pod, Evolution Of Horror host Mike Muncer, as they discuss movie news including the 2026 BAFTAs and the latest Toy Story 5 trailer, answer questions on what movie-related thing they’d give up for Lent, the movie juries they’d like to be on (or not), and run their critical eye over Scream 7, The Testament Of Ann Lee, Sirât, and The Bluff. Oh, and Chris finally gets round to explaining how, and why, he nearly stepped on Florence Pugh’s dress. 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 #706) on the pod app of your choice. There, you’ll also find the latest episode of new Empire Pod regular The Interviews, the most recent instalment of which boasts chats with If I Had Legs I’d Kick You Oscar nominee Rose Byrne, Sidney fuckin’ Prescott herself Neve Campbell, and Whistle director Corin Hardy.
