The Empire Film Podcast #652: Michelle Yeoh And Adrien Brody; Oscar Winners And Nominations

This week's episode of the acclaimed Empire Film Podcast is even more acclaimed than usual as we welcome not one but two Oscar winners to the show. First up, Chris Hewitt sits down with Michelle Yeoh to talk about her new Star Trek movie, Section 31, and how the Best Actress Oscar for Everything Everywhere All At Once changed her life [20:56 — 36:39 approx]; then, John Nugent has a fascinating chat with The Brutalist star, current Oscar nominee, and former Best Actor winner, Adrien Brody, about the LA Fires and his role in Brady Corbet's epic drama [1:02:49 — 1:18:11 approx].

Elsewhere, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and Kelechi Ehenulo for a big ol' ep in which this week's listener question sees the team discussing VFX touch-ups in light of Alien: Romulus' home release tinkering. Then, over on the news front, the gang dig deep into the Oscar nominations and discuss Joel McHale's Scream 7 casting and Dylan O'Brien's in Sam Raimi's Send Help. But that's not all, oh no, no, no. On top of everything else, there's still time enough to review The Brutalist, Steven Soderbergh's Presence, Flight Risk, and Star Trek: Section 31, while they also get really specific about TV episodes. As ever, please do enjoy.

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