The Empire Film Podcast Ship Happens (ft. guests, Callum Turner & George Mackay)
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May 1, 2026 Callum Turner, a British actor who stars in Mark Jenkin’s Rose of Nevada, and Alex Godfrey, an Empire journalist who conducted the on-location BFI interview. They talk about meeting the cast, Jenkin’s communal rehearsal methods, shooting on hand-cranked 16mm, Cornwall location life, and the film’s ambiguous tone and sparse script. Short, seafaring tangents and lively movie reviews punctuate the conversation.
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