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The Empire Film Podcast

#486 β€” Jamie Lee Curtis, Jim Cummings, Todd Haynes

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 β€’ 2.7K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 160 minutes

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Summary

Yes, folks, we know that this week's Empire Podcast is a long 'un, but in fairness it's still three minutes shorter than No Time To Die, and is so packed with podcast goodness that we barely know where to begin. On the interview front, there are cracking conversations as Chris Hewitt sits down with the legendary Jamie Lee Curtis to talk about returning as Laurie Strode in Halloween Kills. You may be surprised to hear that this one gets pretty serious, and pretty emotional. Which is not the case with Chris' interview with Todd Haynes, the wonderful director of new documentary, The Velvet Underground. He talks to Chris about doing the Velvets justice, becoming friends with John Cale, his musical prowess, and his attraction to making films with 'velvet' in the title. But we're especially stoked this week to be joined in the podbooth, for the first time since this infernal pandemic started, by an actual guest. Jim Cummings, the star/co-writer and co-director of The Beta Test (and one of the stars of Halloween Kills) swings by for the first hour, answers some listener questions, discusses his approach to filmmaking, and generally has a giggle. Then, once he's gone, Chris, Helen O'Hara and James Dyer discuss the week's movie news, including the new trailers for Scream, Home Sweet Home Alone, and The Beatles: Get Back, and in a bumper reviews section they dig deep into Venom: Let There Be Carnage, The Last Duel, The Beta Test, Halloween Kills, Ron's Gone Wrong, and The Velvet Underground. Now do you see why we took nearly three hours? Enjoy, in instalments if you have to.

Transcript

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0:00.0

A Bumper-sized jam-packed Empire Podcast this week we have a triple whammy of guests

0:20.8

were joined by the legendary star of Halloween Kills, Jamie Lee Curtis, and things get a little

0:26.9

bit teary folks, but that's not all. We're joined live in the studio by the star, co-writer,

0:32.6

and co-director of the beta test, and he's also one of the stars of Halloween Kills, Mr.

0:38.1

Jim Cummings. And finally, we speak to a wonderful director who's let the side down

0:43.0

quite frankly by having absolutely nothing to do with Halloween Kills. Although he may

0:47.1

well be playing Michael Myers under that mask for all we know, we don't know. Nobody knows.

0:51.5

It's Todd Haines, the director of the new documentary, The Velvet Underground. Plus,

0:56.7

all the usual news and nonsense on the Wiffy Podcast are once met Megan Fox and hadn't

1:01.5

experienced not unlike machine gun killies she walked up to me, looked at me in the eye

1:05.7

and said, you smell of we. I looked right back at her and my deepest, sexiest voice

1:12.7

said, I am we. Because it was a long drive to the interview venue and you're when you

1:21.4

got to go, you got to go. I don't even know what's happening. No one knows that as a reference

1:25.5

to absolutely no. I do. Yeah. I do. Yeah. Jim does. I am beautifully done. Was it?

1:30.9

Yeah. I thought was I thought was pretty good. I can see through. I know. I know. I

1:34.0

got it. I just like what the place is. I know. He said she said you smell like weed. Yes.

1:39.8

And he said I am weed. Yes. And he then he finished in like a ninja in a smoke bomb.

1:45.4

This is an interview that Megan Fox machine gun Kelly, who are two real people who gave

1:50.6

you two GQ. Sure. GQ. I don't read GQ. They're given interview with GQ. This week about

1:56.9

their love and they said some frankly preposterous things. And so I thought, you know, I drew

2:01.0

up on my own experience of meeting Megan Fox. I didn't actually piss myself. I think

2:05.3

that's very important to state. Anyway, hello, I'm Chris you it. Welcome to the amp out

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