The Interviews: Park Chan-wook and Lee Byung-hun on No Other Choice; Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke on Saipan
The Empire Film Podcast
Bauer Media
4.6 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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In the first episode of a new regular, the Empire Podcast brings you the interviews that matter about the movies of the moment. So that means a lovely chat with the legendary South Korean director, Park Chan-wook, and actor Lee Byung-hun, as they (with the help of translators) tell Amon Warmann about their new movie, and first collaboration in over 20 years, No Other Choice. And things get very Irish as Chris Hewitt sits down with Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke to talk about their new movie, Saipan, which tells the story of the real-life falling out between Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy (Coogan) and captain Roy Keane (Hardwicke)just before the World Cup in 2002. Enjoy.
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