This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, stars of Cristian Mungiu's thought-provoking drama Fjord, sit down
This week’s episode of the Empire Podcast sees Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, stars of Cristian Mungiu’s thought-provoking drama Fjord, sit down on Zoom with Chris Hewitt and tell him about working with Mungiu, their toughest days on set and, in Stan’s case, speaking with a Romanian accent for the first time in forever. Either side of that, Chris is joined in the podbooth by James Dyer, Beth Webb, and Helen O’Hara, who explains to the team how she became involved with Cunk On Cinema, which is on the BBC now. Our intrepid quartet also discuss their favourite Sly Stallone moments, tackle an impromptu Stallone quiz, discuss the week’s movie news, including James Gunn stepping down at DC Studios and the continued non-casting of James Bond, and review Fjord, How To Rob A Bank, Being Heumann, Prima Facie and Ebenezer. 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 #741) on the pod app of your choice. There, you’ll also find the latest episode of Empire Pod regular The Interviews. The most recent instalment sees Kyle MacLachlan — Agent Dale Cooper himself — drops in for a cup of damn good/damn fine [delete as per your personal preference] coffee with Chris Hewitt, as the two talk about MacLachlan’s recent memoir, Fictional Selves, David Lynch, crying on camera and much more. Then Chris talks to Naomi Ackie — making her second Interviews appearance in a row — and Max Minghella, stars of Clayface, about how Liverpool is the perfect stand-in for Gotham City. And, last but not least, we stay on all things Clayface with an extended excerpt from Chris’ spoiler special interview with that film’s director, James Watkins. Do not listen unless you’ve seen Clayface. Or maybe you are Clayface. There’s honestly no way of telling.
