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The Empire Film Podcast

#557 — Ian McShane, Alexander Skarsgard, John Boyega

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

Another Empire Podcast episode, another bumper selection of guests this week, as Chris Hewitt sits down (in person) with Ian McShane, star of John Wick Chapter 4, and they chat about hotels, Lovejoy, McShane's start in acting, and (of course) Columbo. (Note: this interview was conducted before the news broke of the death of McShane's John Wick co-star, Lance Reddick) Chris also has a fantastic chat with John Boyega, star of Breaking, which is released on PVOD on Monday (March 27th), in which they talk about the film's social conscience, how Boyega navigated his career post-Attack The Block and Star Wars, and how he celebrates his birthdays. And then there's a clash of the Alexes, as our Mr Godfrey chats with Infinity Pool star Alexander Skarsgard about his crazy and intense new movie. Be warned: there's talk galore of dog collars and giant penises. The usual. Then, in the podbooth, Helen O'Hara hosts and is joined by James Dyer and Sophie Butcher for a fun episode in which they discuss unusual movie murder weapons, John Williams, the week's movie news, and review the likes of John Wick Chapter 4, The Five Devils, A Good Person, and Infinity Pool. Enjoy!

Transcript

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0:00.0

On the Empire Podcast this week, we enjoy a continental breakfast with Ian McShane to talk

0:20.7

about John Wick chapter 4. We get dramatic with John Boyega as we address breaking, and

0:27.0

we dip into an infinity pool with Alexander Skars guard. Doesn't that sound nice? All this

0:33.6

and more on the only movie podcast that has served, that will be of service, but not under

0:39.1

the high table because it doesn't seem like an organisation with a great health and safety

0:42.8

track record. Right? Hello everybody, I'm Helen O'Hara and in the week of our Lord John

0:48.7

Wick, I'm your host of the Empire Podcast as Chris can't be with us today, but never fear

0:53.7

because I am joined by two colleagues of such lethal cunning that even Baba Yaga

0:59.1

treads cautiously around them. First up is our very own harbinger. It's James Dyer. Hello,

1:04.7

yes, Chris can't be here because I have declared him ex-communicado. He's not running for

1:09.5

his life, only a dog. With only a dog for company. With a 20 quid target on his head.

1:15.2

Basically that. It was either that or I killed him with a pencil. Well, I mean, thanks, I

1:19.2

guess. Yeah. And best of luck to Chris in these trying to be ever in his family. And then

1:26.2

we have a woman known only as the butcher, mostly because that is her name. It is, of course,

1:32.4

Sophie butcher. How are you doing? Hello, hi Helen. Good, good. Yeah, good to have you

1:36.2

back on the pod. Thank you. It's good to be here. So if you remind me, remind me, way

1:39.8

off from what is the city that you're on? Oh, God. Oh, God. I've told you this so many

1:43.4

times. I pretend, pretend for just a moment that you know, like at the beginning of Game

1:46.9

of Thrones, you know, I have a map where it's just like you get up to Winterfell, then

1:49.8

there's the wall and everything is just like the lands of always winter, right? That's

1:53.4

everything north of the wall. For me, that's everything north of the Watford gap. So where

1:57.3

in the frostbanner? You're okay. It's everything north of Watford. I mean, it was so true.

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