#493 — Hannah John-Kamen, Riz Ahmed, Benedict Cumberbatch

The Empire Film Podcast

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Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2021

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

This week's Empire Podcast sees a triple whammy of guests as Chris Hewitt natters away with three of Britain's finest actors. First, there's Hannah John-Kamen, who talks about being cold on set of her new film Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City, her aptitude for fantasy, and singing with Steven Spielberg. Next up is Riz Ahmed, star of the touching sci-fi drama Encounter, who talks about that movie and whether or not he's moved to Los Angeles. And then Chris sits down in person with Benedict Cumberbatch, star of the new Jane Campion film, The Power Of The Dog. Together, they talk about Love Hearts, what Cumberbatch learned from Campion, and what we can expect from a Sam Raimi Doctor Strange film. (Chris had a faulty microphone cable on this one, which explains why he ducks in and out from time to time.) Then, in the podbooth, Chris is joined by Helen O'Hara, Ben Travis, and Katie Smith-Wong to discuss great family collaborations, talk about the week's movie news, from Nicolas Cage playing Dracula to a heartfelt tribute to the great Stephen Sondheim, and review The Power Of The Dog, Encounter, C'mon C'mon, Boxing Day, Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City, and Silent Night. They also discuss the movie-themed Christmas gifts they've got their eyes on, and Chris talks about the epic and ambitious plans for the 500th episode of the podcast, which will be recorded live in London on February 5th. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	All the Empire podcast is weak. It is December, folks. Christmas is around the corner. Anthony Edwards has been
0:21.3	eating the goose is getting fat. And we have a bumper advent calendar of Christmas guests. Behind
0:30.7	door one is a bunch of zombies. And Hannah John common star of Resident Evil welcome to Raccoon City.
0:38.8	Behind door two is a close encounter with encounter star Riz Ahmed. And behind door three is that Benedict
0:48.7	Cumberbatch talking about the power of the dog and Doctor Strange in the multi-person madness.
0:53.3	A bloody well is Merry Christmas everybody. All that and more on the movie podcast that knows what
1:00.0	it wants for Christmas. Most Salas signature on a new contract. Please Santa Club.
1:06.6	Good Lord. I've been ever so good this year. Anyway, hello, Pod. I'm Chris. You're welcome to the
1:12.8	Empire podcast December, folks. December Christmas is just around the corner. It's wild. It is
1:19.4	absolutely wild. We have the tree. My wife and I put it up ourselves last night.
1:25.6	Yeah. But we have yet to finish getting to grips with the massive erection.
1:31.2	I bet it's the first time. I was going to do I bet it's the first time full has had that
1:52.6	problem. But I thought that would be mean. No comment. Anyway, anyway, welcome to the
2:10.9	Empire podcast folks. I am joined by my three Christmasy colleagues of such Christmasy lethal
2:15.2	Christmasy killing Christmas gate queen Helen. Hello. Hello, Helen. Ho ho ho,
2:23.2	Ho hara. Ho ho ho, ho, hara. Ho ho ho, hara. Ho ho, hara.
2:31.2	Oh, Lord. This is going to go well. Type 45. On the intro alone, type 45.
2:37.2	Oh, no. Oh, dear. We're also joined, of course, by renowned serial killer Ben Travis.
2:46.6	Hello. I'm back from my week off. Yes. How was it? Did you do any? Did you have a
2:51.2	busman's holiday? Did you? Did you slaughter anyone on your week off? Or was it?
2:55.0	It was a birder spray. A sprayer. A sprayer. A sprayer of plastic and knives. I'm
2:58.1	just watching kill list and I saw the devil and zodiac and said you saw the devil or you were
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