As De La Soul prophetically declared, "Three, that's the magic number!" Indeed, for the second consecutive week, we present a stellar trio of guests on the Empire Podcast. First, our features editor Alex Godfrey engages in a thought-provoking conversation with James McAvoy, the star of the psychological thriller remake Speak No Evil, and a frequent guest on our podcast [19:49 — 34:40 approx]. Next, Amon Warmann sits down with Kate Winslet, the lead of the wartime biopic Lee [56:50 - 1:12:15 approx]. (A special thanks to Sam Clements for stepping in with the podcast mics during Chris Hewitt's absence!)
And finally, we present an interview that the entire podteam (Chris, Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and Amon) conducted with the legendary Juliet Stevenson, star of Reawakening, during last week's live show at the London Podcast Festival [1:41:33 — 1:57:42 approx]. In between these segments, Chris returns to the pod booth after a rare holiday, joining Helen, James, and Alex Godfrey to debate films from 1996 that warrant sequels and why 1996 was supposedly a bad year for movies (except for Matilda, Fargo, Mission: Impossible, The Frighteners, Mars Attacks!, Breaking The Waves... what bad year?)
On the news front, the team pays homage to the iconic James Earl Jones, who passed away this week, discusses the reports of Destin Daniel Cretton directing Spider-Man 4, and speculates on Edward Berger possibly helming Ocean's 14. Additionally, they review the films starring this week's guests — Lee, Speak No Evil, and Reawakening. And, for good measure, our old friend Corin Hardy makes a surprise appearance for a shameless plug. As always, we hope you enjoy. You can listen to this week's episode (and over 600 more) on your preferred podcast app.
