meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Empire Film Podcast

#24: August 17, 2012 - Len Wiseman And Robert Webb

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2012

⏱️ 70 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The director of the Total Recall remake, Len Wiseman, and the star of Peep Show (and now The Wedding Video), Robert Webb, are an unlikely pairing, but here they are, the guests on the latest edition of the Empire Podcast. Elsewhere, the team discuss which books they'd like to see turned into movies, The Expendables 2 and just how to pronounce Zach Galifianakis' name.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

You can't do much in under five minutes. Boil an egg. Sure. Cook a roast dinner? No chance.

0:06.3

But comparing car insurance prices with mustard.co.uk, easy. See what you could save in just a few minutes.

0:13.6

Click mustard.com.com. UK. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. See website for details.

0:20.5

What's on TV? The answer is a lot. There's never been more choice ever what to put on the box with an abundance of great new shows, but you can miss them all if you don't know where to look. And that's where the pilot TV podcast comes in, your essential guide to every show that matters. Each week, we sift through the very best in prestige TV to help you decide

0:37.7

what's worth spending your time on and what isn't. So join me, James Dyer, as well as venerable

0:42.0

TV critics Boyd Hilton and Kay Ribeiro, and let us help take the stress out of your downtime.

0:47.1

The Pilot TV podcast, because you can't watch everything. On the Empire podcast this week, peep show star Robert Webb drops in to tell us all about his wedding video, which is lovely. We come on like a cut price cheeses and get visited by just one wise man. That's Len, obviously, and we muster up the courage to tackle the expendables too. Hello, I'm Chris Hewitt and welcome to the Empire Podcast. The movie podcast has been hailed by some leading critics as not a chore to sit through and passable.

1:28.8

And praise doesn't come any higher than that. I believe it does. I've heard about it getting

1:33.5

better than that. No, praise doesn't come any higher than that, Helen. This week, inspired by the

1:37.3

expendables too. I've put together a team of empire colleagues to tackle the week's movie news and

1:41.4

reviews, and each of them comes with a special skill set. I call them the expodibles. First up is a lady who wields words like bullets and sentences like Semtex. She's our books about talking dragons expert, Helen O'Hara. How are you? Outrageous racism, Semptych. How's it, honestly? Has it racism? I suspect you have sectarian leanings, Christopher. You can't prove it in court.

1:58.2

Anyway, next up is a man who's so cool. He doesn't walk away from explosions in slow motion. He walks towards him. Sure, he doesn't have any eyebrows anymore, or much of a nose come to think of that. Or indeed, anything resembling a face, but it's still good to know that Ollie Richards has our back. Hi. I'm very well, thanks. that's nice than your usual intros for me.

1:59.8

No, I give you nice intros.

2:17.8

Well, I don't remember them, but thanks for a much. Richard has our back. Hi. I'm very well, thanks. That's nice than your usual intros for me.

2:22.8

No, I give you nice intros. Well, I don't remember them, but thanks for much. Better than Phil's, that's for sure. How are you good?

2:13.3

I'm very well, yeah.

2:14.1

Thank you very much.

2:14.6

You've been sitting in this week for Dan Jolin in the office.

2:17.1

Yes, I've been in the office, which is the first time I've done that in many years.

2:20.3

So it's been lovely.

2:21.7

Culture shock, because you're a freelancer living in the high life.

2:24.2

Yes, exactly.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Bauer Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Bauer Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.