Forget jam-packed, this week's episode of the Empire podcast is positively marmaladen with great guests, folks! To kick things off, Chris Hewitt tal
Forget jam-packed, this week’s episode of the Empire podcast is positively marmaladen with great guests, folks! To kick things off, Chris Hewitt talks to Paddington In Peru stars Hugh Bonneville and Emily Mortimer (the modern Mrs. Brown) about tarantulas, Paddington tantrums, and shooting in the wilds of Basingstoke [20:47 — 35:27 approx]. Then, that man Hewitt peels back the layers of magical-social-realist drama Bird with the great British director Andrea Arnold as the duo discuss working with non-actors, switching between TV and filmmaking, and shooting in Gravesend [51:56 – 1:07:39 approx]. And as if that weren’t treat enough (seriously, orange you entertained?), we’ve also got an extended excerpt from our spoiler special interview with Agatha All Along showrunner Jac Schaeffer, in which we learn all about [SPOILER], [BIGGER SPOILER] and shooting in [SPOILER] [1:34:29 – 1:50:10 approx].
Then, Chris is joined back in the podbooth by Helen O’Hara, James Dyer, and Alex Godfrey for a merry aged show in which this week’s listener question has the podding quartet breaking down their viewing habits and the calculated lunacy that goes into sustaining a career in film journalism. After that existential crisis inducing chinwag, this week’s movie news section (which was recorded before the news broke about Simon Kinberg’s Star Wars trilogy) sees the team talking that noodle-twisting David Cronenberg The Fly spin-off announcement, the Godzilla Minus One sequel, whispers of a Game Of Thrones movie in the works, James Gray’s Paper Tiger casting reveals, and… er… Snoop Dogg’s Planet Of The Apes inspired moviemaking plans.
All that, and there’s still time for reviews of Paddington In Peru, Blitz, Bird, Piece By Piece, and Red One. A podcast well worth your Peru-sal, we’re sure you’ll agree. In fact, one filled with juicy segments ripe to preserve for the ages. (Okay, we’re done with the orange-related puns — they no longer appeel to us!)
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