The Greatest Actors Of All Time: An Empire Podcast Discussion Special

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The new issue of Empire magazine is on sale right now, folks, in all good, evil, and virtual newsagents, and it's a belter. This month's issue is dedicated to a celebration of the greatest actors of all time, as voted for by you, the readers of Empire. It's got everything, from exclusive interviews with Nicolas Cage (our cover star) and Tilda Swinton, to the likes of Tim Burton waxing lyrical about that time he worked with Jack Nicholson on a little film called Batman, and Gina Prince-Bythewood talking about Viola Davis. And that's not all: James Mangold has written an exclusive essay for us, celebrating the incredible work and legacy of Buster Keaton. It's a great issue, and so we've decided to take podspiration from it. So, in this podcast special, Chris Hewitt, James Dyer, Alex Godfrey and Helen O'Hara get together and have a wide-ranging discussion about some of their favourite actors, the art of acting itself, the mythology of the Method, omissions from the list that made their blood boil, and much, much more. Oh, and Helen was patching in to the studio from Northern Ireland, and her audio is a little distorted at times. Hopefully it won't spoil your enjoyment too much. Speaking of which... enjoy!

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0:00.0	Hello pod, I'm Chris Uid and welcome to a very special edition of the Empire Podcast.
0:19.9	This one is dedicated to the greatest actors of all time and it's companion piece to the
0:26.0	brand new issue of Empire Magazine which is on sale now in all good, evil and virtual news agents.
0:31.7	And in it, we celebrate you'll never guess the greatest actors of all time as voted for
0:38.9	disclaimer by you, the readers of Empire Magazine and the readers of Empire online.
0:46.4	And I'm delighted to be joined in the studio by
0:49.1	two colleagues. I've just realized I've seen this. I've just seen this. I'm joined by two
1:00.8	colleagues, it's a chief of cunning Alex two headphones, Godfrey, who is wearing headphones on
1:05.6	his ears and headphones around his neck and is now just refusing to address the microphone.
1:13.0	This is possibly the worst podcast technique I've ever seen in my entire life.
1:15.8	That's why I don't come on these. So I wore two pairs of headphones and I don't
1:21.3	talk into the microphone. Is that how it works? Do I look like I still don't talk into the microphone?
1:26.1	Alex, talk to the microphone. Hello, hello, God. So two headphones and don't talk into the mic.
1:30.5	That is correct. Even Lobot had this shit figured out.
1:36.2	I don't I don't know how this happened. You're like, Lil Baud's more innebbed cousin.
1:39.8	Is the actor who played Lobot on this list? By the way, he might be bloody well-shipped.
1:43.2	He may well be. I think it was Robert De Niro. I think it was Robert De Niro.
1:46.4	Lobot De Niro, surely. Next up, we have, you've just heard him. He's our great big
1:50.6	fucking nerve, James Dyer. Hello. Hello, James. How many of the actors in this list have you heard of?
1:54.3	I'm here just for Schwarzenegger, who I'm assuming is number one.
1:56.9	I'm assuming he is number one. And Fernand Wells is number two.
1:59.8	Absolutely. And then we just go through the casting command of.
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