The title of this week's episode of the Empire Podcast is a delightful phrase that comes from none other than our star guest, Ethan Hawke, who tells
The title of this week’s episode of the Empire Podcast is a delightful phrase that comes from none other than our star guest, Ethan Hawke, who tells Jamie Graham all about his novel film, The Weight, and how it was one of the biggest challenges of his storied career. Either side of that, Chris Hewitt is joined in the podbooth by Helen O’Hara, James Dyer, and Amon Warmann for a fun episode that asks the substantial question: are there any good brief Best Picture winners? And then very quickly moves onto the biggest question of them all: why didn’t Predator win Best Picture? The gang also tackle a ton of movie news, including the rumour that Jon Watts is going to direct Star Wars Episode X, and cast their collective eye over the Cruise/Iñárritu collaboration, Digger, British coming-of-age comedy Extra Geography, the aforementioned The Weight, and steamy-but-not-quite-as-steamy-as-Amon-would-like thriller, Verity. Do we love any of these movies? And will they love us back? To find out, have a listen.
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 #736) on the pod app of your choice. There, you’ll also find the latest episode of Empire Pod regular The Interviews. This week’s episode is all about editors-turned-directors. First, we have an extended interview between Chris Hewitt and David Kittredge, the director behind the excellent documentary, Boorman And The Devil, which chronicles the wild making of John Boorman’s legendary-for-all-the-wrong-reasons sequel, Exorcist II: The Heretic, and even rehabilitates the film’s reputation somewhat. That film is in cinemas right now. After that, Jamie Graham is back again for another fun chat about The Weight — this time with director Padraic McKinley — as it hits cinemas. Enjoy!
