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
#580 — Antoine Fuqua, Ira Sachs
#579 — Harris Dickinson, Nick Lieberman, Juel Taylor
#578 — Alex Winter, Angel Manuel Soto, Phil Lord & Chris Miller
#577 — Gal Gadot & Alia Bhatt, Justin Simien
#576 — Ben Wheatley
#575 — Danny Philippou
#574 — Laura McGann, Christopher Nolan
Previewing FX's The Bear S2: An Empire Podcast Special, In Association With Disney+
#573 — Simon Pegg & Rebecca Ferguson
#572 — Leah Lewis & Mamoudou Athie; Hayley Atwell
#571 — Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall; Eddie Hamilton
#570 — Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Bryan Cranston
Britt Ekland on The Wicker Man 50th Anniversary: An Empire Podcast Interview Special
#569 — Alice Lowe, Michael Keaton
The Full Monty: An Empire & Pilot TV Podcast Special, In Association With Disney+
#568 — Kelvin Harrison Jr., Eva Longoria, Anthony Ramos & Dominique Fishback
Groundhog Day The Musical Interview Special ft. Tim Minchin, Danny Rubin & Matthew Warchus
#567 — Melissa Barrera, Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Daniel Kaluuya
Spike Lee Interview Special
#566 — Javier Bardem, Daveed Diggs
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