#492 — John Leguizamo, Adam Driver, Chloe Zhao

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2021

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

Another bumper-sized Empire Podcast this week, as Chris Hewitt has a fun and also impassioned chat with the great John Leguizamo, star of the new Disney animation Encanto. They talk about how Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote a rap especially for Leguizamo, about Latinx representation in movies, and that thing Benny Blanco From The Bronx did in Carlito's Way. (Spoilers for that film lurk within, so be careful!) Then Ben Travis has a natter about House Of Gucci, The Last Duel, Kylo Ren and more with the wonderful Adam Driver, and we round off a trio of interviews with Chris talking Eternals spoilers with that film's director, Chloe Zhao. Right at the end of the episode, so you can skip it if you wish to remain spoiler-free. Then, in the podbooth, Chris is joined by Helen O'Hara and James Dyer to discuss whether the MCU has jumped the shark, talk about the week's movie news (or lack thereof, given that it's Thanksgiving and Hollywood has clocked off), imagine what David Attenborough would make of Jurassic World: Dominion, and review House Of Gucci, Encanto, Pirates, and Bruised. Oh, and they also talk Christmas tree etiquette, because the most wonderful time of the year is upon us. So sit back, grab your baubles, and enjoy.

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0:00.0	The Empire podcast is weak. We talk to the best driver in the business. No, it's not Lewis Hamilton. It's Adam Driver,
0:22.6	Star of House of Gucci, or as Helen might say, Gucky. We'll talk about that later on. Plus, we talked to
0:28.5	Benny Blanco from the Bronx himself and lived to tell the tale, yes, it's John Liguizamo, Star of
0:35.4	and canto. Plus, the usual news and nonsense on the, oh, Blast, forgive me. Forgive me. Forgive me.
0:50.8	Forgive me. Oh, here it is. On the movie podcast, that unlike some Prime Minister's
0:59.1	ticket name would never lose this place during an introduction. My sage badly. Yeah, you forgot
1:05.8	the car noises and the reference to Peppa Pig World. Amazing stuff. Hello, boss. Can I just
1:13.3	can I just point out? I'm not. I'm not. I'm two, the BBC guy and I can't remember his name,
1:18.0	who did the dead pan reporting of that speech and who actually us the words he goes, and in
1:22.8	the correction, I never thought I would give the facts about Peppa Pig World were in fact wrong.
1:26.4	This is like bless you, sir. Bless you. Yes, indeed. Hello, Paul. I'm Chris Huyard. Welcome to
1:32.6	the Empire podcast. This week, as you've already heard, I'm joined by two colleagues with such
1:36.3	lethal cunning James Dyer are great big fucking nervous here. Hello, hello, Jimbo. And of course,
1:41.5	our geek queen Helena Harrah is also here. Hello. So Peppa Pig World. Yes. Have you ever
1:47.0	been? No, no, I don't. I don't have children. Peppa Pig. I fucking hate Peppa Pig. I mean,
1:52.2	this probably comes with no surprise to you. But Peppa Pig annoys the shit out of me. I mean,
1:56.1	I appreciate the Madame Gazelle pun like that solid. I like that. But beyond that, Madame Gazelle,
2:03.6	the French teacher. Madame Gazelle. Madame Gazelle. The French teacher. It's good. It's good.
2:08.5	Has a good. It sounds a bit like Madame Gazelle, which is like a French. Madame Gazelle.
2:14.4	I think you're given this pun more credit than it deserves. I'm not even sure there's a pun there
2:18.2	in the first place. I thought it was decent. Okay. All right. All I know about Peppa Pig is that
2:24.0	Mummy Pig is voiced by Moena Banks, who was on the comedy troupe absolutely.
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