On the Emperor podcast this week we're riding around the plot booth on bicycles with

a string of garlic around our necks, no one are trying to make fan powers dizzy, we've

gone all French as both Marianne Cottyard and Luke Besson drop in for a chat. All that

plus usual movie news and nonsense and we say goodbye to a boned Friday Empire legend

on the only movie podcast that hasn't yet tipped a bucket of ice water over its head.

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go to squarespace.com and use the offer code Empire. Okay this pod is recorded one day

earlier than usual this week for a very good reason as usual I'm joined by Helen

Ahara Ginkuin. Sally. Ali Plum Film Fact Sponge. Bonjour. They both say hello that was

in French in case you didn't get it but for only a second time in history of the pod

we're joined by the editor of Empire Mr. Mark Denning. Hello.

Poor Ali Alapicine. Oh my god. Sally French I know.

Tres again. Oh do be else. Munch too. Munch. On call and what? What a

special occasion could have triggered this rare sighting of Denning in a wild well he's

only buggering off to pastors new so we thought we'd have him in to say farewell and or tip

a bucket of ice water over his head welcome. Thank you very much. Eight years? Eight years

yeah. First cover was Casino Royale. Holy cow. Oh no amazing. I know you've taken full

credit for that movie's success. Yeah I mean I think really Daniel Craig kind of owes

it all to me it's funny he won't acknowledge that but yeah now I mean I'm really proud

that was an amazing what amazing first cover so and really interesting at the time you

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