The green butchers

He’s comfortable mixing with A-listers but says he’ll always play second fiddle to strong women (and Alan Partridge)

SOMEHOW — DECADES AFTER THE ORIGINAL CULT-CLASSIC — A GANG OF LUNATICS HAVE REMADE THE TOXIC AVENGER . AS THE POLLUTED MUTANT RAMPAGES ANEW, WE DELVE INTO THE SLIME

IN 2023, JEREMY RENNER ALMOST DIED. HE TELLS EMPIRE ABOUT THE MOST DIFFICULT COMEBACK OF HIS LIFE

FROM RYE LANE TO ALIEN: ROMULUS AND BEYOND, DAVID JONSSON HAS CAPTIVATED US WITH HIS UNIQUE, ENIGMATIC PRESENCE. NOW, AS HE STARS IN THE LONG WALK , HE TELLS US WHY NOT QUITE FITTING IN HAS PAID OFF

Wednesday, Thursday 9.00pm ITV1

Much to his own wife’s relief, author Peter Swanson has just used his imagination — and a love of Hitchcock — to fire his latest thriller about a failing marriage