Fly, you fools! Yes, that’s right, Ian McKellen — the legendary English actor who is Gandalf and Magneto, get over it — is our guest on this week’s Empire Podcast. John Nugent pops over to McKellen’s own pub, The Grapes in Limehouse, for a lovely chat about his new film, Steven Soderbergh’s The Christophers, in which he plays a bitter artist who’s a ‘one-off half-monster’. [46:32 – 1:00:02 approx]
Speaking of Christophers, back in the podbooth Chris Hewitt is joined by Helen O’Hara, James Dyer, and Harry Stainer for a fun episode in which they discuss the greatest characters who joined franchises after the first film (Puss In Boots hive, assemble!), and whether event cinema is making a comeback. They also run their eye over the week’s movie news, including news of a possible Tintin 2, and review Curry Barker’s Obsession, The Christophers, The Punisher: One Last Kill, and Ben Wheatley’s Bob Odenkirk action fest Normal. Enjoy!
And if all of the above isn’t quite enough Empire Podcast for you, then there’s plenty more where that came from. You can listen to this week’s episode (which, if you’re counting, is #717) on the pod app of your choice. There, you’ll also find the latest episode of Empire Pod regular The Interviews, which brings you even more chat with the cast and crew behind the biggest new releases. The most recent instalment sees Chris Hewitt sits down in person with James Cameron for even more Hit Me Hard And Soft chat, and then the great Guillermo del Toro, with the Mexican director coming to town to receive the BFI Fellowship and launch a season of his films at the BFI Southbank. (That is an excerpt from a longer del Toro interview which will be up on its own next week.). Finally, Sally Field and Lewis Pullman, the stars of new Netflix movie Remarkably Bright Creatures, Zoom in for a spirited chat with Chris.
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