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With usual podding master of ceremonies Chris Hewitt off on the fairway, taking his first proper holiday in approximately 20 years, its up to Helen O’Hara and James Dyer — the newly appointed Archbishop of Nerdbury — to hold down the fort, ably assisted by Empire News Editor (and former Pilot TV stalwart) Beth Webb. Between the three of them, they do their level best not to refer to Cillian Murphy and Tim Mielants’ latest film, Netflix borstal drama Steve, as Steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeve — which is probably for the best as both actor and director join us on this week’s show. [17:10 — 31:14 approx.] Also joining us on this week's Empire Podcast is Sean Penn, who chats to our very own Alex Godfrey about his role in Paul Thomas Anderson's rollicking new movie One Battle After Another. [57:47 — 1:17:21 approx.]
Elsewhere, this week's listener question has the team considering which classic children's TV show would be ripe for a live-action, big-screen outing — which opens the floodgates for an outpouring of nostalgia as the gang worship at the altar of ‘80s children’s TV, including a certain pink and white stuffed cat. Then, over on the news front, the team pay tribute to the late, great Robert Redfordand get stuck into the trailer for Jack Black and Paul Rudd's meta Anaconda reboot, our latest look at Star Wars: Starfighter, and Paul Walter Hauser's casting in Zach Cregger's Resident Evil among other grabby tidbits. And as if all of that weren't enough to be going on with, there's also reviews of Steve (Steeeeeeve!), Kogonada's fantastical A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, and Matthew McConaughey's comeback movie The Lost Bus. Enjoy!
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