If you're a fan of the Joker, you're in the right spot, folks. This week's Empire Podcast features Chris Hewitt, our very own Clown Prince of Crime, diving deep into Joker: Folie À Deux (and pronouncing the title in about ten different ways) with its star, Joaquin Phoenix [18:50 - 41:01 approx]. Following that, we double down on the Joker conversation by chatting with the film's director, Todd Phillips, about his bold moves with the DC supervillain sequel [1:02:14 - 1:23:07 approx].
With Helen O'Hara absent to watch the original Joker (her all-time favorite film) multiple times in preparation for the sequel, Chris is joined in the podbooth by his top guy, Bo — sorry, James Dyer — and second-in-command, Alex Godfrey, for another entertaining episode. Together, the fearless pod squad attempts to discuss terrible films made by great directors but gets sidetracked by a particularly bad one (Hint: It stars Stan Collymore, shooting in a very different style than football fans are used to). They also cover the week's movie news, including the return of Daniel Day-Lewis to acting and several sad goodbyes (yes, we'll discuss the loss of the great Kris Kristofferson on next week's show).
The crew reviews the aforementioned Joker sequel, as well as Sebastian Stan's psychological thriller A Different Man. And if that's not enough, we give you a sneak peek at our Inside Out 2 spoiler special, now that the film is available on Disney+, with our resident Disney expert Ben Travis chatting with Kelsey Mann, director of the year's biggest movie [1:42:24 - 1:58:17 approx]. As always, we hope you enjoy. You can listen to this week's episode (and over 600 more) on your preferred podcast app.
