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The Empire Film Podcast

#519 — Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Good Luck To You, Leo Grande is a fantastic new British movie that sees Dame Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack spend a lot of time together in a hotel room. So that's exactly what we made them do again this week, with Ella Kemp (making her Empire Podcast debut) talking to the stars of Sophie Hyde's movie about an ageing woman who, having had very few positive sexual experiences, hires a sex worker (McCormack), and complications ensue. The film is frank, funny, and insightful, and their chat with Ella is similarly so, featuring Dame Emma's reminiscences about The Tall Guy, and one of the best answers we've ever had on the podcast. Hint: it features an Oscar. Then, in the podbooth this week, Chris Hewitt is joined by James Dyer and, for the first time in ages, Helen O'Hara, and truth be told, being reunited makes them go a little doolally. So, in-between answering a listener question about the film sets they've accidentally stumbled upon in a non-professional capacity, they talk about Helen's Wikipedia page, and Chris and Helen educate James about the history of the Giant's Causeway. They also discuss actual films at some point, including the week's movie news, including Lady Gaga possibly joining Joker 2 (which may be a musical???), the announcement of the Paddington 3 director, and their feelings about the official title of Knives Out 2: Benoit Boogaloo. In the reviews section, they run their eye over Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, Spiderhead, Everything Went Fine, and Last Seen Alive, and Sophie Butcher goes to infinity and beyond to help everyone get to grips with Pixar's Lightyear. Enjoy. TIMESTAMPS! (timings are approx.) Intro/Listener Q/Nonsense: 0:00.00 - 19:56.00 Movie News: 19:57.00 - 43:08.00 Emma Thompson/Daryl McCormack: 43:09.00 - 1:02:19.00 Reviews/Outro: 1:02:20.00 - end

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Empire Podcast is weak, there ain't nothing like a Dame, nothing in this world.

0:22.4

Because we're speaking to Emma Thompson, Dame Emma Thompson, star of good luck to you,

0:27.9

Leo Grant.

0:28.9

And also, there ain't nothing like a Managed Ants X for Dame, nothing in this world.

0:36.6

We talked to her co-star, Darryl McCormack.

0:39.7

Wow.

0:40.7

All that and more on the movie podcast that quite frankly is sick the death of the process.

0:45.0

I would like the process to be over now.

0:47.2

Thank you very much indeed.

0:48.8

Cryptic comment.

0:50.6

Hello, pod.

0:51.8

I'm Chris Hewitt's.

0:52.8

Welcome to the Empire Podcast.

0:54.8

This week, sad to say, I'm joined by just one colleague of such lethal cunning, a great

1:01.2

big fucking nerve, James Dyer.

1:03.0

Hello.

1:04.0

Hello, James, how are you?

1:05.0

I'm good.

1:06.0

How are you?

1:07.0

I'm good.

1:08.0

I'm very hyper-caffeinated.

1:09.0

I can see that you're drinking a diet coke and you've wolfed down some vegan meatballs

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