Aaron Eckhart Interview Special

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Aaron Eckhart has spent much of his career fighting not to be typecast as the all-American hero, what with his blond hair, blue eyes and chin that could level mountains. And he's very much succeeded in that quest with his new movie, Wander, in which he plays a paranoid private eye-turned-podcaster who stumbles upon what could potentially be a vast conspiracy. He's scuzzy, nervy, unpredictable, and a million miles away from films like The Dark Knight and The Core. And, as Chris Hewitt discovered when he chatted to Eckhart on Zoom recently, that's just how the actor likes it. So listen on as Eckhart talks about his process, how he likes to work with directors, what it's like being directed by Clint Eastwood, Sean Penn, and Steven Soderbergh (to name but three), and how he bonded with his Wander co-star, and fellow Two-Face, Tommy Lee Jones. Two things of note: Eckhart was in his car, and on his phone, so bear that in mind. And Wander is out now, to rent or buy, wherever you get your PVOD films. Enjoy.

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0:00.0	Hello pod, I'm Chris Hewitt with a lovely little empire podcast interview special for you.
0:21.3	If you listen to this week's regular episode, which was recorded live on Wednesday at Kings
0:25.7	Place in London, so not regular at all, you'll refer me mentioned Aaron Eckhart as one
0:31.6	of the guests.
0:32.9	And that was the plan that I would subtly slip in an interview with Aaron Eckhart
0:38.4	that I pre-recorded a couple of weeks ago in which we talked about his new movie, Wonder.
0:43.3	Sadly though, slipping in a pre-record into a live show proved a bit too jarring in terms
0:49.2	of the sound levels and whatnot, you know, best laid plans of mice and podcasters and all
0:54.4	that.
0:55.4	So I've decided to turn the interview with Aaron Eckhart into a special pod, which means
0:59.6	that instead of getting a shorter edited 15 to 18 minute version, you're going to get
1:04.6	the full 25 minutes with Eckhart who is a thoughtful, reflective and quietly funny actor
1:11.7	who's not stopped one hell of a career since he burst onto the scene in tandem with
1:15.7	director Neil Lebut and the one to punch of in the company of men and your friends
1:20.8	and neighbors almost two decades ago.
1:23.7	He since used his ability to play both All-American Décency and subversive All-American Dastardliness
1:30.1	in the likes of Aaron Brockovich, the first two dot dot dot has fallen movies, LeCore.
1:36.9	Thank you for smoking, Sully and of course as Harvey Dent in Christopher Nolan's The
1:42.6	Dark Knight.
1:44.1	Wonder, which is available now to rent and buy on P.V.O.D., season star alongside another
1:51.3	Harvey Dent, Tommy Lee Jones, and the twisting, turning, shifting psychological thriller in
1:57.2	which you're never quite sure what's real and what's not.
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