The Empire Film Podcast Ft. Will Poulter, Amber Midthunder

This week’s Empire Podcast sees the long-awaited return of one of our favourite guests, the wonderful British actor Will Poulter, who talks to Chris Hewitt about his role in Alex Scharfman’s surreal novel satire Death Of A Unicorn and what it’s like to play a prize A-hole before engaging in some impromptu tongue-twisters. [20:38 — 33:28 approx] And Willy P (as nobody calls him) isn’t the only returning guest joining us this week, as the uber talented Amber Midthunder sits down on Zoom with Amon Warmann to dive deep into her role in novel Jack Quaid led action comedy Novocaine. (That interview does contain some spoilers, so tread carefully!) [1:07:21 – 1:23:34 approx]

Either side of those, Chris is joined in the podbooth by James Dyer and, for the first time in forever, Ben Travis. Together, they discuss the videogames they’d like to see adapted into movies, review Death Of A Unicorn, Holland (the film, not the region of the Netherlands), Last Swim, and The Most Precious Of Cargoes, and go deep on tons of movie news, including *deep breath* the casting of The Beatles, the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood sequel (yes, that wasn’t an April Fools), Avengers: Doomsday casting, Ketchup Entertainment saving Coyote Vs. Acme, and all sorts of CinemaCon shenanigans — including John Wick 5, Now You See Me Now You Don’t, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and Beyond The Spider-Verse‘s novel release date. Then, of course, the team take some time to discuss the incredibly melancholy news that broke this week of the death of the great Val Kilmer, who passed away at the age of just 65. It’s a huge episode, with a lot of ground being covered, and as ever, we hope you enjoy.