Things get awkward on this week’s Empire Podcast, folks. Not just because Chris Hewitt seems to be wearing a Skeletor mask for some of it, nor because he’s so heat-addled that he forgets to introduce James Dyer properly. No, things get awkward because the team — Chris, James, Helen O’Hara, and Ben Travis — discuss whether it ever gets awkward for them when visiting film sets. Then, our intrepid quartet also discuss the week’s movie news, including the shocking news of Paddington 4‘s potty-mouthed writers, and review Daniel Roher’s Tuner, John Carney’s Power Ballad, Kane Parsons’ Backrooms, and Kristin Scott Thomas’ directorial debut, My Mother’s Wedding. Oh, and Chris sits down for a lovely chat with Leo Woodall, star of the excellent Tuner (spoiler for the reviews section there — it’s great!), and discovers that Woodall has some hidden talents. 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 #719) on the pod app of your choice. There, you’ll also find the latest episode of Empire Pod regular The Shameless Plug, which sees Chris Hewitt and our intrepid leader, Nick de Semlyen, deliver a monthly behind-the-scenes deep-dive into the making of the world’s biggest movie magazine. This month, the duo become a trio as James Dyer joins Nick and Chris to discuss how our Aliens 40th Anniversary issue came to be, and just how exactly the team managed to get James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn and Jenette Goldstein to come together on Zoom in celebration of the ultimate sci-fi blockbuster sequel.
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