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The Empire Film Podcast
The Empire Film Podcast is the official podcast of Empire, the world's biggest and best movie magazine. We bring you all the latest movie news and nonsense, as well as reviews of the week's new films, an assortment of irreverent, film-related chat and interviews with some of Hollywood's best and brightest. New episodes every Friday. For our famous deep dives into specific movies, subscribe to the Empire Spoiler Special Podcast at https://empire.supportingcast.fm/ Love TV? Subscribe to our…
Episodes
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#158: Paul Bettany, Charlie Cox - April 24, 2015
Two British actors masquerading as American superheroes are on this week's Empire Podcast, namely Paul Bettany (The Avengers Age Of Ultron's The Vision) and…
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#157: Alan Rickman - April 17, 2015
Call him Hans Gruber, The Sheriff Of Nottingham or his real name, Alan Rickman, but the star-cum-director of A Little Chaos is a veritable living legend, and…
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#156: Ryan Gosling - April 10, 2015
Ryan Gosling is on the podcast this week to talk about his directorial debut Lost River, out today. So for details on that, his love of cereal and…
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The Walking Dead Special - Greg Nicotero
Greg Nicotero is a special effects legend. From kicking off his career working with George A. Romero on Day of the Dead to his current role as Walking Dead…
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#155: Ron Moore - April 3, 2015
The Empire Podcast comes out just a little earlier than normal, what with this Easter weekend thing and all, and to celebrate the kind folks at Universal have…
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Antonio Banderas Interview Special
Antonion Banderas and his beautiful voice take centre stage in this appropriately-named Antonio Banderas interview special Empire Podcast. In town to talk…
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#154: Kenneth Branagh - March 27, 2015
Sir Ken is the one and only guest on this week's show, a show where one of us nearly dies, and there's a good deal of thought given to ways that Tom Cruise…
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#153: Sir Ben Kingsley, Sean Penn - March 20, 2015
Two acting legends enter the Empire Podcast booth this week in the form of Sir Ben Kingsley and Sean Penn, with the former here to talk about next week's Robot…
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#152: Jim Parsons, Gemma Arterton - March 13, 2015
In an unfortunately mildly unexciting week for movies, we have two very exciting guests talking about two movies out next week, namely Jim Parsons for…
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#151: Julianne Moore, Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - March 6, 2015
Admire our restraint as we speak to Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell about Chappie and only bring up the new Alien movie twice! Applaud our ingenuity as we…
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Oscars 2015 Special
Spoiler: Birdman won Best Director and Best Picture, while Boyhood did not. Neil Patrick Harris, meanwhile, did not win Best Presenter, though perhaps failing…
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#149: Bill Nighy, Maika Monroe - February 20, 2015
It's the Oscars this weekend, which means most of the Empire Podcast team are currently trying to amass as much confectionary and is humanly possible in…
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#147: Titus Welliver, Douglas Booth - February 6, 2015
Two of Empire's favourite people star in this week's podcast, with tried-and-true 27 per center Titus Welliver making his debut and old hand Douglas Booth…
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#146: Alex Garland, Paul Thomas Anderson
It's a directorial double-header this week, with Ex Machina's Alex Garland and Inherent Vice's Paul Thomas Anderson on the show to talk about their respective…
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#145: Ethan Hawke, J.C. Chandor - January 23, 2015
Ethan Hawke drops by the Empire Podcast studio this week to talk about the critically-acclaimed Oscar frontrunner Boyhood, which is now out on Blu-ray and DVD…
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#144: Meryl Streep, Alicia Vikander - January 16, 2015
The nominations for the 2015 Academy Awards were announced this week, which makes this particular Empire Podcast - featuring interviews from Into The Woods'…
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#143: Michael Keaton, Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones - January 9, 2015
It's BAFTA nomination week this week, so there are gong-worthy nominees aplenty on the latest Empire Podcast, with Birdman's Michael Keaton and The Theory Of…
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#142: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Tim Burton - December 19, 2014
The final regular podcast of 2014 ends on a high note, with some stellar interview talent in the form of Tim Burton (Big Eyes) and three members of the Dumb…
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#141: Evangeline Lilly, Benedict Wong - December 12, 2014
The Golden Globes nominations were announced, Star Wars revealed some of its names, Jonathan Frakes threw his hat into Star Trek 3's ring - so to speak - and…
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Empire Podcast Review Of The Year 2014
The best, the worst, the disappointing, the surprising... the lot, basically. So much is talked about in this year's very special review of the year Empire…
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#140: Jude Law, Cary Elwes - December 5, 2014
Two thoroughly handsome Hollywood actor types grace the podcast booth with their presence this week, namely Jude Law, here to talk about his new submarine…
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#137: Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Morten Tyldum - November 14, 2014
Interview the first: The directors of both 22 Jump Street and The Lego Movie, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, stopped by the Empire Podcast this week to remind the…
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#136: Anne Hathaway, James Ellroy - November 7, 2014
Interstellar is out this week, so Anne Hathaway is on the Empire Podcast, because if you can get Anne Hathaway on your podcast, you get Anne Hathaway on your…
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#135: Daniel Radcliffe, Laura Dern - October 31, 2014
This week has been HUGE for movie news, so consider the podcast you're about to listen to a bumper Marvel slate reveal special, as well as a Daniel Radcliffe…
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#134: Steve Carell, David Ayer - October 24, 2014
Steve Carell drops by this week in honour of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, while David Ayer keeps things simple - title-wise -…
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#133: Robert Duvall, Anna Faris, James Marsden - October 17, 2014
Yep, it's interview hat-trick time again, with Robert Duvall, Anna Faris and James Marsden all on this week's podcast, here to talk about The Judge, Mom and…
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#132: Hugh Grant, Kaya Scodelario - October 10, 2014
The new guests on this week's Empire Podcast are promoting very different films. Kaya Scodelario was here to talk about The Maze Runner, a young adult…
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#131: Sam Neill, Luke Evans - October 3, 2014
Two much-loved Empire favourites enter the podcast booth this week: Sam Neill, in honour of Peaky Blinders' return to our TV screen, and Luke Evans, here to…
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#130: Rosamund Pike, Lee Child, Antoine Fuqua - September 26, 2014
It's a rare event when there are three interviewees on the Empire Podcast, so be sure to be especially generous with your five-star iTunes reviews this week…
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#128: Sir Roger Moore, George MacKay - September 12, 2014
'Which shop from the whole history of cinema would you most like to visit in real life?' is just one of the questions the Empire Podcast team tackle, with…
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#126: Jon Hamm, Richard Ayoade - August 29, 2014
After several weeks' of hype, the Richard Ayoade interview you've long been waiting for is finally here, accompanied by some Mad Man - You see? Because of the…
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#125: Luc Besson, Marion Cotillard - August 22, 2014
Not one but two people of the French persuasian come to class up the Empire Podcast studio this week, namely Two Days One Night's Marion Cotillard and Lucy's…
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#124: Wesley Snipes, Terry Crews - August 15, 2014
Things get rather explodey in the Empire Podcast this week, with Expendables 3 in cinemas, and Terry Crews and Wesley Snipes in the booth. Look forward to the…
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Jackie Chan Live Special
In honour of the DVD and Blu-ray release of his latest, Chinese Zodiac, Jackie Chan took part in a special screening and Q&A at London's very own Prince…
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#123: Robert Pattinson, Simon Pegg - August 8, 2014
If you've ever wanted to hear Robert Pattinson talk about camels and Simon Pegg explain the finer points of throwing a chair out of a window, you've come to…
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#122: Chris Pratt, The Inbetweeners - July 25, 2014
Anarchy reigns on this week's Empire Podcast as Guardians Of The Galaxy's Chris Pratt impersonates the cast of The Only Way Is Essex over breakfast, while the…
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#121: Brett Ratner, Jason Blum - July 25, 2014
With many of the regular gang off in San Diego for some sort of comic-book convention or other, things take a turn for the weird on the Empire Podcast this…
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#120: Andy Serkis, Kevin Feige - July 18, 2014
Here to talk about the upcoming Marvel space opera Guardians Of The Galaxy is the head honcho of all things Marvellous, Kevin Feige, but as you'd expect, we…
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24: Live Another Day Special - Jon Cassar
24: Live Another Day is (and was) a limited event television series that ran for 12 episodes - not 24, fact fans - and ended up with a lot of people getting…
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#119: Richard Linklater, Jack Reynor - July 11, 2014
It's a killer week for films, with Transformers: Age Of Extinction, Boyhood, How To Train Your Dragon 2 and Begin Again all officially out this weekend, so…
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Peter Fonda Special
The one and only Peter Fonda needs no introduction - but he's getting one anyway. Star of the Hollywood-upturning '60s classic Easy Rider, the father of…
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#118: Keira Knightley, Dean DeBlois - July 4, 2014
Their movies actually come out next week, but that didn't stop Keira Knightley (Begin Again) and Dean DeBlois (How To Train Your Dragon 2) stopping by to talk…
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#117: Elijah Wood, Brian Cox - Edinburgh Live Special - June 27, 2014
In honour of the Edinburgh International Film Festival up in, um, Edinburgh, the Empire Podcast team made the long and treacherous journey over Hadrian's Wall…
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#116: Ansel Elgort, Jon Favreau - June 20, 2014
This week's Empire Podcast has a relative newcomer to Hollywood in the form of Ansel Elgort, the male lead in the box office-busting weepie The Fault In Our…
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#115: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Amma Asante - June 13, 2014
While the World Cup encourages many to pay more attention to leathery spherical objects getting pushed around a field by 22 people over in Brazil, the Empire…
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Podcast 114: Jason Biggs, Taylor Schilling, Bob Weide - June 6
It's a TV interview special on the Empire Podcast this week, with Orange Is The New Black's Taylor Schilling and Jason Biggs causing a riot in the podbooth and…
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#113: Doug Liman, Sam Riley - May 30, 2014
Three big hitters are out this weekend: Edge Of Tomorrow, Maleficent and A Million Ways To Die In the West. From the first, we've got director Doug Liman, here…
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#112: Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman - May 23, 2014
This week, Empire Podcast veteran Hugh Jackman stops by to talk about London's second best fish and chip shop, Wolverine's love of Rick Astley and his top…
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#111: Viggo Mortensen, Hossein Amini, Gareth Edwards - May 16, 2014
In the first Godzilla movies, The King Of The Monsters was actually just a guy in a suit, but now with the advent of modern SFX, men stomping on miniature…
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#110: Michael Fassbender, Next Goal Wins - May 9, 2014
Sensibly deciding to take his papier-mache head off for his Empire Podcast interview, Michael Fassbender was on fine form as he talked about his latest, Frank…
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#109: Maisie Williams, Domhnall Gleeson - May 2, 2014
Game Of Thrones' very own Arya Stark, Maisie Williams, dropped by the Empire Podcast studio this week to talk about 'The Cinnamon Challenge', that Vine she…
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#108: Martin Freeman, David Cross - April 25, 2014
You might know him as Bilbo Baggins, or John Watson, or Tim From The Office (his character's full name), but this week Martin Freeman is actually Lester…
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#107: Lukas Moodysson, Marc Webb, Avi Arad - April 18, 2014
This week there's Amazing Spider-Man 2 director Marc Webb, as well as Amazing Spider-Man 2 producers Matt Tolmach and Avi Arad, not forgetting Sweden's very…
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Barry Norman Special
The Film programme. That theme tune. This 48-minute podcast. And why not? The legendary movie journalist that is Barry Norman stopped by the Empire Podcast…