Hello, I'm Chris Heuer and welcome to the latest episode of the ranking. Yes, that's right,

an episode of the ranking, an actual episode of the ranking out in the wild. I know they

are not as regular as they should be. I'm working on it. But this isn't just an episode

of the ranking. This is also the latest excerpt, if you will, our latest gift to you from the

all day celebrations we held back in February to mark episode 500 of the podcast. It was

an all day celebration at Kings Place featuring a number of live versions of your favorite

Empire podcast formats, including an episode of the ranking, which was dedicated to the

one, the only Nicholas Cage. So you're about to hear that right now. I'm not on this

one. I'm just here to introduce it and I'm here to introduce myself, introducing it,

if that makes any sense. And then after that, you're going to get an hour or so of Helena

Harin, a John Eugent, a Monwormon, Nick DeSemilian and Dan Jolin talking about Nicholas Cage.

Do please enjoy and see you for the next ranking. Whenever that may be. Soon I hope. Enjoy.

The ranking live. Hello, part. I'm Chris Hüit. Welcome to a live edition of the ranking.

Only a second ever live episode of the ranking as part of our epic all day celebration.

Oh, if I threw you can do it. Of episode 500 of the Empire podcast, the ranking in case

you didn't know, gathers together a group of Empire writers and the argument at all

about a series of films and come up with an empirical or if you will, Empyreical, top

10. Now, the subject of this live ranking, we put out to the public vote and you guys

chose a doozy. You said no to them. But you basically ignored M. Nye Shaman and completely.

Actually, you did quite quite like I think it was 1989. No, no, 2012, which was the year

that the podcast was launched. But instead you chose Nicholas Kim Coppola, better known

to you guys as Nicholas Motherfucking Cage. Oh, yes, indeed. And an actor, this wilded

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