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This week's edition of the Empire Podcast sees us welcome another hat-trick of wonderful guests. First up, Chris Hewitt has lovely chats with The Smashing Machine writer-director (and Happy Gilmore 2 villain), Benny Safdie, [24:13 — 40:39 approx] and bona fide acting legend, Malcolm McDowell, star of new WWII drama The Partisan (please excuse the sound quality of Chris' mic.) [59:42 — 1:13:48 approx.] Then, our reviews editor John Nugent sits down with Urchin director Harris Dickinson, and together the duo discuss Dickinson making his directorial debut with the acclaimed drama. [1:37:05 — 1:52:43 approx.]
Elsewhere, back in the studio Chris doesn't let a little thing like Covid-19 stop him from hosting this week, dialling in to the podbooth (again, please do forgive the odd attendant audio glitch) to have all kinds of film-related fun with Helen O'Hara and James Dyer. The trio discuss some of the best final films from acting greats, run their eyes over Urchin, Play Dirty, The Smashing Machine, and Him, and find the week's movie news to be so lacking that they wind up doing an impromptu Simpsons quiz. Oh, and James finds himself in a lavender haze this week, after having had a close encounter with none other than actual Taylor Swift. To find out how close she came to being on this show, or a Cats retro spoiler special, you're going to have to listen. Enjoy.
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