FX's Shōgun: An Empire & Pilot TV Podcast Special, In Association With Disney+
Pilot TV
Empire Magazine
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
There can be only one thing more exciting than James Clavell’s Shōgun getting a brand new TV adaptation on Disney+, and that’s a special Pilot TV/Empire crossover podcast recorded to mark the occasion! Join Chris Hewitt, James Dyer and Nick de Semlyen as they get together to talk all things Japanese, Nick’s epic read of Clavell’s 1300 page book, and the pros and cons of ninja-themed restaurants. What’s more, James sits down with showrunners Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks to talk about bringing Edo-period Japan to life and the art of banging subtitles, plus he chats with star Cosmo Jarvis about taking on the role of ‘The Anjin’. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | You're going to be. Hello Paul, I'm Chris Hewitt and welcome to this very special episode of the |
| 0:18.8 | Empire Podcast in association with Disney Plus. |
| 0:22.6 | But this one isn't just an Empire podcast, folks, |
| 0:26.0 | this is another one of our fabled co-pros |
| 0:28.7 | with our beloved sister podcast, the Pilot TV podcast. |
| 0:32.1 | Hello James Dyer. Hello, Chris Hewitt. Hello, hello, hello James Dyer hello Chris Hewitt hello hello hello and this |
| 0:35.9 | one is dedicated to FX's epic new samurai saga show gun which is streaming now exclusively on Disney Plus. |
| 0:46.5 | And joining me to talk about it is the aforementioned James Dyer. |
| 0:50.4 | Hello, James Dyer once again. And we also saying canichyua hello to Nick |
| 0:55.2 | dissemblion hello Nick. |
| 0:57.2 | Kon banwa which means good evening so it's a very appropriate for not really for |
| 1:02.0 | 12 to 1.4 yeah it is quarter to 1 we're in the afternoon so that's that's totally fine we're heading into the evening |
| 1:08.0 | Nick and I as I'm sure we will get to at some point have been to Japan we've've been to Japan together. We went in holiday to Japan. |
| 1:15.0 | A long time ago now, Nick. A long time ago. Young and full of hope. Young and full of hope. |
| 1:20.6 | And simply one of the greatest places on earth, one of the best holidays you could ever hope to have, |
| 1:26.8 | but I was not fluent in Japanese at the beginning or indeed by the end of that. |
| 1:32.0 | I have big holiday |
| 1:33.6 | I'd love to go to Japan. I have to be said this series although it is filmed |
| 1:37.6 | entirely in Canada rather than actually in Japan like it really desperately |
| 1:42.3 | made me want to go to Japan. Just like it's just, oh, it looks wonderful. |
| 1:46.2 | It is. It's amazing. We'll get to that. But first, this is about Shogun, the 10-part limited series, which is on Disney Plus. |
| 1:56.0 | And before we get into the show and talk around the show and talk about all things pertaining |
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