Kurt Russell Interview Special

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

You can probably count the number of actors whose iconic roles you can count on the fingers of two hands on the fingers of, erm, one hand. Kurt Russell is one of those actors. After all, he's played Elvis Presley, Snake Plissken, R.J. Macready, Jack Burton, Tango-or-Cash, Stuntman Mike, Ego The Living Planet, and Wyatt Earp across the breadth of an incredible career that's spanned nearly six decades. And now he's added Santa Claus to the list, with his fun turn as Father Christmas in The Christmas Chronicles. It makes sense - a man with a beard like that just had to play Santa one day. In this very special interview, Chris Hewitt sits down with Russell to talk about playing Santa, and his wider career, with particular emphasis on the works of one John Carpenter. Enjoy. The Christmas Chronicles is out now on Netflix.

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0:00.0	Hello, Paul, I'm Chris Hewitt and welcome to this very special episode of the Empire Podcast,
0:20.6	dedicated to the living legend that is Kurt Russell.
0:24.5	He's played all kinds of iconic figures in his illustrious five decade career.
0:29.3	There's Elvis.
0:31.3	There's Snake Pliskin.
0:33.0	Ar Jamie Creedy from The Thing.
0:35.2	Cash.
0:36.3	From Tango and Cash.
0:37.7	Or is it Tango from Tango and Cash?
0:40.4	I can never quite remember.
0:42.4	There's Stuntman Mike.
0:44.1	There's Jack Burton.
0:45.3	To Name But.
0:48.8	Six.
0:49.5	To Name But Six.
0:51.2	And now we can add Santa Claus to the list.
0:54.3	Russell stars as Santa in the Christmas Chronicles, which is out now on Netflix,
0:59.9	and is a lovely slab of feel-good, slightly cheesy Christmas fun.
1:04.8	But we all know there's one reason why we're watching it,
1:07.3	because Kurt Russell is playing Santa with his Elvis swagger intact.
1:12.0	I've long had Russell on my Christmas list for the show, and when he came to London recently,
1:16.0	someone checked a list, they checked it twice.
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