Kyle MacLachlan And Mark Frost On Twin Peaks And David Lynch: An Empire Podcast Interview Special

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Here's a damn fine special episode of the Empire Podcast for you to enjoy. We're in the grip of Twin Peaks fever all over again — the seminal David Lynch/Mark Frost TV show is being celebrated this Sunday (June 15th) at the BFI Southbank in London with a special 35mm print screening of the show's pilot, and if that weren't enough, every single episode of Twin Peaks, including 2017's The Return, will be available to watch on MUBI as of Friday June 13th. So, naturally, we decided to mark the occasion by sitting down on Zoom with two of the show's legends. First, co-creator Mark Frost talks to Mike Muncer, then Kyle MacLachlan — Agent Dale Cooper himself — has an in-depth chat with Chris Hewitt about Twin Peaks, and his incredible friendship and working relationship with David Lynch. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, carve yourself a slice of cherry pie, and enjoy.

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0:00.0	A Rayo original podcast.
0:02.9	All right, I'm Pete Wicks, and we live in a world full of men.
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0:19.9	On the Rayo app, Apple, Amazon Music, Spotify
0:22.6	or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:24.8	Play more with Rayo. Hello, Paul, I'm Chris Hewitt, and welcome to a special episode of the Empire podcast.
0:51.0	Twin Peaks, the groundbreaking, hugely influential, beautifully bonkers TV show that was co-created
0:57.3	by the late legendary David Lynch and Mark Frost is somehow 35 years old. Well, 36, if you count
1:07.1	the pilot being shown at the Telly Ride Film Festival in 1989, but for the purposes of this, we're not.
1:14.0	Anyway, to mark the 35th anniversary, there is an extraordinary amount of Twin Peaks activity going on this weekend from Friday, June 13th, and somehow it feels fitting that it's on a Friday the 13th, every single episode of
1:29.1	the first two seasons of Twin Peaks, and the triumphant 2017 limited series Twin Peaks,
1:36.7	The Return, will be available to view on Mooby. That's Mooby. And if that weren't enough, on Sunday, June 15th, as part of the BFI's
1:49.2	film-on-film season, the pilot episode of Twin Peaks will be shown at the BFI South Bank in London
1:55.7	on the big screen on a 35-millimeter print for the first time ever in the UK.
2:02.3	And that's not all, Cal McLaughlin, Agent Del Cooper himself, the heartbeat of Twin Peaks,
2:09.8	and Lynch's longtime collaborator will be in attendance for a Q&A.
2:14.2	That is a damn fine lineup, folks.
2:17.3	And we've assembled one to match for this special
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