#295 Joe Wright, Martin McDonagh

Published: Jan. 12, 2018, 3:53 p.m.

b"This week's Empire Podcast sees us welcome two of our favourite directors into our podcompany. First up, Joe Wright \\u2014 hands down one of our favourite English directors called Wright, and maybe even in the top two \\u2014 talks to Nick de Semlyen about his latest movie, Darkest Hour, which sees Gary Oldman give a barnstorming performance as Winston Churchill, and the career that might have been, as an illusionist. Now that's magic.\\n\\nThen Chris Hewitt sits down for a chat with Martin McDonagh, the writer-director behind the caustic and challenging Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and tries to pass McDonagh's test: do not ask a question that he's heard before. Will he succeed? Find out by listening. And full disclosure: because Chris is an idiot, he forgot to bring microphones to a podcast interview, which is why the sound levels may be a little askew on this one. But it's well worth a listen. \\n\\nElsewhere, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara and James Dyer, who discuss thi"