Hi there, Ali from Empire here. This is just a quick intro to let you know that you're

listening to yet another special Empire podcast. Following on, in the audio footsteps

of a Tarant Stamp Spectacular comes this special 40 or so minute long Mike Newell podcast.

It's taken from the time when he came in to talk about the re-release of his favourite movie ever,

La Ghan de Lusion. Apologies to all French people who heard that and just spat. Anyway, as you

might expect from a special Mike Newell podcast, we talk a lot about Mike Newell's work, including

Donnie Brasco, For weddings in a funeral, as well as his work with Jerry Brookheimer on

Prince of Persia. And perhaps as you might not have expected, Johnny Depp's love of farting.

So, without any further ado, take it away, Chris Hewitt, Philip Samlin, and of course, Mike Newell

himself. But moving on to yourself at the moment, Mike, I mean, because you are in post on

great expectations. How's it going? It's going very well. It's going, I like it, but that's not

always the case. Sometimes you make films you really don't like, and you look at it and you think,

if only, if only, if only, if only. Do you have any abiding regrets particularly? What about

shows I've done? Hmm, about films that you've made. Sure. Yes. Bad judgements. I shouldn't have done

that. I shouldn't have done that. Yes. And they live with you. You sort of carry them around,

or do you let them go? Because I guess having come from a television background, there must be an

element of what? Easy, come easy, go. Well, no, not that so much, but just, you know, getting into

a pattern of finishing, moving to the next and well, I think that's, I mean, this may well be

the delicacy of your suggestion, takes my breath away. I mean, if there's one big thing wrong

with me, that's it. It is that I have terrible itchy feet. And, you know, you asked me whether I

could, what did, I'd rather lose your teach me? Well, that plus, I really English university taught

me that there are standards in scripts, in stories, and how they put together, that you

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