This week’s episode of The Empire Podcast sees one of the most revered Chrises in the movie business finally sit down with the director of The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Oppenheimer and now The Odyssey. Yes, our Chris Hewitt has a lovely chat with Christopher Nolan, as the latter’s Odyssey odyssey finally comes to an end. [47:24 — 1:09:28 approx.] Either side of that, Chris (Hewitt) is joined in the podbooth by Helen O’Hara, James Dyer, and Alex Godfrey to pay a heartfelt tribute to the great Sam Neill, who passed away this week at the age of 78; make their selections for the Mount Rushmore of Neill films (by popular public demand); discuss the week’s movie news, including the trailer for Tom Cruise’s Digger; and review Heartstopper Forever, Couples Weekend and, yes, The Odyssey. With the latter review, in particular, proving so epic it might take you ten years to recover. 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 #725) on the pod app of your choice. There, you’ll also find the latest episode of Empire Pod regular The Interviews, in which we bring you even more chat with the stars and filmmakers behind each week’s biggest movies. The most recent edition finds Chris Hewitt going on his own odyssean journey — to speak to the cast of The Odyssey. Yes, not only did Chris chat to other Chris (Nolan, that is) for the main pod, he also sat down with Matt Damon and Tom Holland, and then Himesh Patel and John Leguizamo, for The Interviews. You lucky ducks! And if you’re after even more podcasting goodness, our newly launched Empire+ subscription awaits… go check it out!
