It's another jam-packed episode of the Empire Podcast this week, folks. First, Chris Hewitt sits down on Zoom with ace composer and musician, Jon Batiste, and Matthew Heineman, about their new documentary, American Symphony; then he battles an uncooperative microphone stand and emerges with an enormously fun interview with Napoleon stars, Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby; and lastly two walking Disney encyclopaedias meet, as our Ben Travis sits down with Jennifer Lee, the writer of this week's Wish and Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios. On either side of all of those is a fun episode in which Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara and James Dyer to discuss the actor whose back catalogue they would choose to watch for the rest of their lives; natter about the week's movie news; and review Napoleon, Bradley Cooper's Maestro, George C. Wolfe's Rustin, and Wish. And yes, Chris does know he misquoted Dodgeball. First the Attack of the Clones review, now this: Film Twitter will find his resignation on their desk first thing tomorrow. As for this episode: enjoy.
RUNNING ORDER (all timings approx.)
INTRO/LISTENERS QUESTION: 0:00.00 - 20:13.00
JON BATISTE
MOVIE NEWS: 38:33.00 - 1:01:14.00
JOAQUIN PHOENIX & VANESSA KIRBY
REVIEWS: 1:19:03.00 - 1:43:45.00
JENNIFER LEE & OUTRO
Udo Kier: An Empire Podcast Interview Special
#518 — Bryce Dallas Howard
Ms. Marvel Preview Special ft. Adil & Bilall, Bisha K. Ali, Sana Amanat
#517 — Rob Savage, Annie Hardy & Amar Chadha-Patel
Pistol: An Empire Podcast + Pilot TV Podcast Special ft. Maisie Williams and Thomas Brodie-Sangster, In Association With Disney+
Mike Hodges Interview Special: Talking Get Carter And More
#516 — Rory Kinnear, Miles Teller
Obi-Wan Kenobi: An Empire Podcast Preview Special ft. Deborah Chow and Joby Harold
#515 — Judd Apatow
The Ranking: Nicolas Cage (The Empire 500 Live Show)
#514 — Ke Huy Quan, Scott Thompson & Bruce McCulloch
Joe Russo At The Sands International Film Festival: An Empire Podcast Interview Special
#513 — Elizabeth Olsen
#512 — Laura Carmichael & Tuppence Middleton, Julian Fellowes
#511 — Eddie Marsan
#510 — Colin Firth & Matthew Macfadyen, Alexander Skarsgård
#509 — Daniel Radcliffe
#508 — Matt Smith, Ruth Wilson
Moon Knight Interview Special ft. Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy and Mohamed Diab
#507 — Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Andrew Dominik, Renate Reinsve
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