The Shameless Plug #4

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The Shameless Plug — the show in which Chris Hewitt and Empire editor Nick de Semlyen sit down and do a deep dive into the contents of the latest issue of Empire — is back, folks, and this one really is fantastic. That's because this month's cover story is The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which inspires Chris and Nick to talk about some of their set visit experiences (including one on the set of the 2005 Fantastic Four), among other things. They also talk about the other features and great standouts in the issue, and the thinking behind them, in another fun episode. Enjoy.

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0:00.0	Hello, Pod, I'm Chris Hewitt, and welcome to the latest episode of The Shameless Plug,
0:20.7	the show that does a deep dive each month into the brand new issue of Empire.
0:26.5	And whether you have already bought the issue and you want to come along with this on this deep dive and find out how the sausage was made or whether you haven't bought it, you're on the fence and you need something
0:37.9	to push you over the edge of the fence into the field where there is a brand new issue of Empire.
0:44.7	All are welcome on this podcast.
0:47.1	All are welcome, including the editor of Empire, my partner in crime, my friend and neighbor, Nick, what's your name?
0:58.3	Dysmline, Nick Dysmline, hello, Nick.
1:01.4	Hello, Chris.
1:02.2	How are you, I'm good, thank you for that warm welcome.
1:04.9	It was such a warm welcome.
1:06.2	I described you.
1:07.5	You did, you said my name after a pause to remember it.
1:12.5	I guess, question, are we the terrific two? We are the terrific. described you? You did. You said my name after a pause to remember it. I can spell your name. Question,
1:19.6	are we the terrific two. We are the terrific too, very much so, which is half of a fantastic four, because we have taken our first steps into a larger world, as indeed is Marvel Studios,
1:26.8	with this month's cover stars. Who are they? There they are.
1:30.4	Well, there's technically six of them, the sensational six, if you will. But mainly it's the Fantastic
1:36.3	Four, so we have Pedro Pascal. Oh, okay, yes. So this is the long-awaited debut on the big screen
1:43.4	in the MCU of the Fantastic Four.
1:47.0	Pedro Pascal.
1:48.1	As Mr. Fantastic.
1:49.2	As Ben DiStretcheruni, Reb Richards himself.
1:51.1	I've tried to rebrand myself as, but it hasn't caught on.
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