On the Empire Podcast this week, we're rescuing Damsels in distress for Witt Stelman's

new film, being Elmo in the most adorable documentary you'll see this year, chatting

to Eugene Levy and Jennifer Coolidge ahead of American Pie reunion, and assembling

with Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige to talk about the first big comic book film of the

summer, Avengers Assemble. Hello, pod racers, I'm Helen O'Hara and welcome to the

Empire Podcast, your weekly dose of film news, interviews, reviews and complete madness.

Now, faced with an extra terrestrial army of film subjects to talk about this week, I've

assembled a super team, the likes of which the world has never seen. First up is our very

own Iron Man, the technologically enhanced digital guru that is James Dyer. Hello, Helen,

it's nice to be here. What are you doing? Destroy all humans. Well, that is the James

Wheel, no one's... Well, maybe not love, but you know. Next, we have the long-haired bearded

hammer-wielding Ali Plum, who doesn't actually wield a hammer very much, but you know, he's

close enough, how are you doing, Ali? I'm doing well, and yes, I have left my hammer at home.

Okay, we're not going to make the obvious joke there. Let's just move quickly along,

because rounding out the team is the clean-cut, clean-living punchbag exploding,

Philip Desemlon, who is half American, so he's as close as we're going to get to Captain America.

How are you, Phil? Very well, thank you very much. You don't sound American.

No, you're a flaw. No, I'm not. My mum's American though, so, you know, there's that. So that

qualifies me. Well, I was reaching a bit with these definitions, I'll be honest, you know.

And before you say anything, by the way, everybody, that makes me black widow and not hulk,

so. Hello. If you're assembling the team with them at Unique Fury.

But I've got two eyes. Oh, we see.

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