On the Emperor Podcast this week we share a slice of pizza, film school with Joe and

Anthony Russo and we dare to dream with the secret dare to dream star Josh Lucas plus

usual news nonsense on the movie podcast that is slowly melting in the late UK summer

sun. Is this the heat that Robert De Niro warned us all about? How can we walk out in this

in 30 seconds flat? It's everywhere!

Hello pod, I'm Chris Hewitt and welcome to the Emperor Podcast which you'll be delighted

to know came very very close this week to be ingenuously the first trouser free Empire

Podcast luckily the heat is abated and I am wearing shorts. That's my compromise I

am wearing shorts everybody my three colleagues of such leave the cunning are going to be

absolutely delighted about that but who are they? Who are they? I hear you cry. Well as ever

we're joined by our geek queen Helena Harrah. Hello. How are you Helena Harrah? I am clutching

a an ice pack to my bosom the better to stay you know in one place in one piece. It's too hot.

It's hot isn't it? It's fucking hot. I mean we're probably the first people to comment on this

or notice it this week but yeah it is quite hot actually yeah. I don't know if you've noticed but

it's quite hot out there. We're not used to heat beam brits and but anyway speaking of heat

here's a man who's met Robert De Niro I got a picture taken with Robert De Niro I didn't have to

make Robert De Niro wait for ages whilst you try to figure out who worked the camera it is

in bars acting editor he is an author a visionary dream weaver it is Nick De Semlin you missed a

line in my prepared statement go back no it's all true it's all true it's all true I am I am melting

I am half half a melting man I just what have you guys seen daylight the Stallone movie where he has

to yes go into a tunnel or go out of a tunnel I can't remember which remember that scene

that's exciting he has to go into or out of a tunnel I think he goes in and then out and then he

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