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ποΈ 19 June 2025
β±οΈ 33 minutes
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In our latest Empire Podcast interview special, Chris Hewitt sits down (in a swanky London hotel room) with Colin Trevorrow, the director of Jurassic World and Safety Not Guaranteed, to talk about Trevorrow's latest movie, the Prime Video comedy Deep Cover, which he produced and co-wrote. But that's not all β Trevorrow also talks about his choices as a director in the wake of his last movie, Jurassic World Dominion, his experiences interning on SNL, and his idea for a new podcast. We're in! Enjoy.
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0:00.0 | Hello Pod, I'm Chris Hewitt, and welcome to another Empire podcast interview special. |
0:20.3 | Colin Travaro is the director of two Jurassic World movies, Jurassic World, of course, |
0:25.1 | and Jurassic World Dominion. |
0:26.7 | But on his latest film, the Prime Video Movie Deep Cover, he's pulling producer duty. |
0:31.9 | It's a comedy directed by Tom Kingsley, which stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom, |
0:36.7 | and Nick Muhammad Muhammad as three improv |
0:38.6 | comics who are recruited by the cops to undertake a dangerous undercover assignment and they're |
0:43.4 | in way over their heads faster than you can say yes and. The movie began with Trafaro and his writing |
0:49.1 | partner Derek Connolly before they brought in the PIN, aka British comedians Ben Ashton |
0:54.0 | and Alex Owen, to rewrite it and relocated to the UK. |
0:57.9 | And that's where I sat down with Tarfaro in the UK, in a swanky London hotel room, no less, a week or so ago to talk about all of that, |
1:05.4 | and a great deal more besides, including his time spent as an intern on SNL, the challenges of producing, |
1:11.7 | and how he dealt with the last few years, including some knockbacks, |
1:15.3 | among which were his departure from what would have been Star Wars Episode 9. |
1:19.1 | Plus, he talked about his idea for his very own podcast. |
1:22.8 | It's a really fun chat, so do please enjoy. |
1:26.5 | We're delighted to be joined on the Emperor podcast by, |
1:29.3 | how would I describe you, Colin, for this movie, the grand poohba of all things deep cover. |
1:34.4 | You didn't direct it, but this is very much, you know, you wrote it, you wield it into being. |
1:40.5 | I did. Yeah, you know, I produced it. I think being a producer is, you know, there's a lot of people who claim that title. And then every now and then you run into someone who shows you what a real producer does. And I've known so many of them in the time that I've been fortunate enough to work in this industry that it made me |
2:00.9 | really want to be one for somebody else. |
2:03.5 | And so... |
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