Idris Elba Wants to Fight While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones

let me ask you a question ah whose idea was this show so you see that guy right there in the blue shirt yeah his name - Chris what's in it Chris right can you fight Chris [Music] hey what's going on everybody for first we feast I'm Sean Evans and you're watching hot ones it's the show with hot questions and even had her wings and today we're joined by Idris Elba is one of Hollywood's biggest stars with an extraordinary career in film and television that spans more than 20 years a Renaissance man a DJ Andy has his own fashion line to our set you can also catch him starring alongside Dwayne Johnson and Hobbes and Shaw which is set to theaters on August 2nd Idris although welcome to the show thank you so much man you forgot rapper also a rapper you didn't know well we'll get to that here in just a sec wait we don't have to but it just I know that you enjoy a side of hot sauce with your eggs and steak in Lemoore I actually do yes how do you think you'll fare today against the wings ah it sound pretty confident I'm pretty confident in his wife because I fear no one [Music] [Music] all right cool it's pretty decent all right look you know my mom west-african cooks with real spices and everything I was just four years old so you know I mean you have a good foundation there I have a good foundation yeah yeah so I want to start by mentioning Hobbs and Shawn specifically your interesting cars which I know goes much deeper than just the Fast & Furious franchise and in the film you drive this motorcycle that can do a little bit of everything are you into the cutting edge technology and gadgets that are showing up in cars these days are you more of an old-school Motorhead man I sort of I'm course you know in between the two cuz I really really like a chill head I like the smell of old leather I love the smell you know gasoline go into the thing but what's happening with the innovation of cars and technology is incredible I mean we are becoming one with our cars you know you can open your car with your phone you can turn your AC on before you get any of the engine the bike is you remember like Knight Rider right a bit like kit and old David happen so it has like an extension of you you saw that right and David Hasselhoff had a decent leather jacket I went for that look as well so as a lifelong hip hop obsessive where did recording the intro to jay-z's American Gangster rank in terms of your career accomplishments um it's up there in top five really wrote oh yeah because um I have always had this hybrid dream of being an actor and a musician and that my music of my films lived together in one way of one world and here I was in an American Gangster and I'm making this film with Denzel it was a moment in my life and then I hear from Ridley Scott himself jay-z's gonna do an album why I gotta be on that album I said in my brain not to Ridley but to myself I'm gonna be on the album and so the next thing you know I'm sending jay-z this poem I rip my retinas poem this sonnet I worked with a good friend of mine an angel and she and I have pulled together this poem report this beat together from a boy Chris flame and we went in send it to jay-z like this this hope he likes it when you sent me an email back back saying I don't like it I [ __ ] love it it's gonna be on the intro of American Gangster and that was the beginning of the dream bro that was the beginning like you know dream big it can happen for you and then I'm the topic of rap music hot ones creator Chris Schoenberger he's obsessed with that Kino song road man's him which actually references you cuz I think you guys are from the same neighborhood Charlotte okay no he's he's a legend in in UK hip-hop scene a big uptick in oh yeah so for our viewers who are maybe not familiar with British hip-hop can you give us your top 5 Dead or Alive UK Edition okay I'm gonna say no particular order demon boys which some of you would not know but I was one of the first rap groups that I fell in love of in England I'm gonna put black twang on there I'm gonna put the London posse on there I'm gonna have to put storm Z on there I have to put dizzy on there I'm gonna have to put gigs on there I mean I know that six and I can count but it's just you know in terms of UK hip hop right we have to remember is that for a long time we emulated them at America we emulated them we even wrapped in American accents just because we 40 was cool LA and we didn't think our music would be accepted and now we don't even listen to my own rap music as much you know we have our own labels we have our own stars and it feels very good very healthy [Music] was it light with no heavy man what was he doing what's all you sweat so in 2017 you released a documentary that followed your year-long journey training for eventually competing and winning your kickboxing professional debut and maybe this sounds like a bizarre question but when you knock someone out the water slurp huh it's a technique sucka talk about engines like a cooling technique Oh got slep it in an IRA to them innovative when you knock someone out is it just a pure thrill of victory feeling or is there a part of you that's like concerned for the other person that's a great question because in my training the concern lives inspiring when you hit something really hard inspiring your concern for them you know because they're concerned for you they're letting you know when they hit you that I got you keep your arm up keep your ribs covered or whatever but when you're in a fight situation and I did not notice I've never been a professional fire into that moment there is no concern for each other he came out to take my head off and he felt I was 43 at the time like this guy was way younger than me he was gonna beat me but wasn't having that so there's no room for concern is the short answer you just have to go in there and it's like man against man you know Dwayne Johnson gives you one free shot where and how do you hit him if I had to hit Dwayne one time and and no disrespect Wayne I love you pal but I'm going for your neck Yeah right in there bro because like you know I just at least if you get up from it you be winded and I would have reached halfway down the block by that sound shortly I'm going for the neck okay very strategic all right you're ready to move on a four lucky dog year of the dog oh yeah [Music] well I have to tell you I expected some real competition and these homes will remember we'll remember it just say this [Laughter] last time I was in London was in 2017 and I got a crash course in British slang from Charlie slots so here I'm hoping you can take me to finishing school but first things first okay can you explain what cockney rhyming slang is they come from your neck of the woods so company rhyming slang I have to give you a brief history in in in London history the cockneys are a community there are people you might have seen them they have these amazing pearl laced jackets there you know parade those are the companies and you can only be a cockney if you were born within the three-mile radius of a church called the bow church and it was called the bow bells because when the church rang you could hear the bells for three miles if it was outside of the three miles you could not be a cockney but if you could hear the bells of in the throughout it is you are technically a cockney now cockney rhyming slang was almost like code speak you know like you ever been to jail no meaning but irrelevant in jail they would say you know possibly the bloody blah to mean the bloody blood right and cockney rhyming slang did a similar sort of thing is kind of like you know I'm gonna go to the apples and pears and that would rhyme with stairs so you're going up the apples and pears stairs so you want to say to your boy I'm gonna be meet me at the apples and pears you don't want anyone else to know yes that's what that's what cockney rhyming slang is what is a crap when someone says a crap what's a crap a crap is the sneakers in a so shoes like you know you've got your crepes is that I don't know where it comes from I think it might be French derivative but it's your crap in it it's like yeah what do they mean when they say Bob's your uncle cuz I'm always like my uncle Steve I got another one name bro it's a confirmation that you're going down the right you know saying this like you know go down the road make a left you see the shop on your right Bob's your uncle it's there and it means it just means confirmation you're there what would you want idris elba to mean in cockney rhyming slang be more like I like that hey you know what I'm gonna do me LD Giselle what's it like no study on today mm-hmm no solos Carly on China you can Caliente no mass that's pretty good that's terrible that's well done all right so every Korean segment on our show called explain that grammar we do a deep dive under guess Instagram cool interesting pictures that need more context don't do that so I'll bust out the laptop I'll show you the picture and you just tell me the bigger story does that sound good really that's going down he's gonna dump all right I'm sweating over here though first things first here you are Tyrion we hey Arsenal legend who's your favorite gunner of all time favorite guna of all time has to be Ian right Ian right I love you tre you're my guy but Ian's right it was alleged you know he's uh he's from my neck of the woods just seeing him step into the awesome shirt killer as one of the greatest strikers asked was ever seen was like there is hope for all of us so yeah we got to Eni all right here you are getting a fit off what did his royal Birthday Ball in 2004 is that true that you met Diddy when you were 14 years old not 14 it was about 18 years old I was did he was doing these incredible and I have to say shout-out to Diddy for doing these he was doing these incredible talks as part of music seminars and we had this one music cinema seminar in London in Islington and this is just before the height of bad boy came alive and in rows in P Diddy and I got to ask him a question and everyone was like but this is Puff Daddy from America you know being small the whole lot and then as he was leaving everyone was standing up clapping and he came down the middle and I put my hand up and he missed me oh [ __ ] okay I love you did and that was the other day I know I know you expected the high-five it never came but however I was like this I missed him buddy he definitely saw me that was my G and then one more for you do you have a lasting memory from this party at Greenhouse Ti Drake and then of course Nipsey Hussle I met Drake that night and nipsey that night and I just remember they were you know Nick's he was a fan of the wire trick too and you know they were giving me mad love we were just in this group just lads having fun there's a couple more pictures from that series at a run they probably has but what was interesting about the wire is that I you know my character stringer Bell and Avon and we Bey you know we we captured the imagination of the rap stars we captured the rap the imagination of the hip-hop stars just because that was partly their journey most rappers had you know been on the streets at some point and the wire represented them so I was like you know grandfathered into the culture and and the rappers and I definitely had a you know until they heard me speak - oh I'm a go [ __ ] amazing y'all right you're like stringer what you know Kevin said I'm getting high I kind of get where he's going oh now we're talking okay know it says taste no evil I mean who puts that on on their marketing Hellfire Detroit failed to taste no evil this is good this is by far my favorite really favorite yeah uh-huh mm-hmm so in a 2010 New York Times profile you talked about being fascinated by the career of somebody like Daniel day-lewis who is able to have this viable huge career in acting while simultaneously maintaining a private life and since that time we've gotten further away from that version of a movie star do you have any thoughts on how celebrity is handled in the media like do you still yearn for that sense of privacy that's a great question because you know my career spans over a couple of decades I was talking to my publicist about this you know how the trends have changed you get you know we want to know more we want to know more you want to do we don't just want to do an interview we want to eat hot wings really you know we wanna and that is a sign of the times you know I mean I feel like and I have a theory behind it it may be controversial but reality TV changed the game because you don't have to watch an actor pretend to cry when you can watch real people cry in real life and then you start to see the difference between acting and reality when someone's prepared to bare their soul on TV why gonna watch an actor so that changed the game for all of us because they were like yeah he's so mysterious who cares I got someone over here who's bearing their soul out in their their real life and I get to know them they are my personality in real life is probably way more disappointing that my characters I get to play I play way more interesting characters than Who I am in real life however that said I don't miss the days where you could be mysterious I don't actually miss that I don't like the obsession with celebrity I think it's unhealthy it's unhealthy for a lot of reasons but if you're gonna everyone's gonna have a a camera on their phone you're going to expect an obsession with celebrity you're going to expect that people used to walk around with water graph books now they don't they want the picture [Music] good tasting what what okay mm-hmm are you as a plan put that one over there [Music] let me try that there you go you see ones an it's like a percolate it's like um it's like a cooling system cooling it down just some swollen so I know that getting the role of string of bow on the wire it was a huge break in your career and then of course that show is aged so well constantly topping lists of the best TV shows ever made is it true that David Simon didn't know that you have an accent when you were cast yeah we love it it's cool so David Simon specifically told Alexa Fogel who is the casting director listen this is about Baltimore well see no non-americans for any of these roles I need people that can really relate to the story I'm trying to tell here which is a very fair thing to ask for considering how observant he is of the culture so Alexa foger was a casting director that was really into seeing new talent and she met me and she said I love you I kind of bring you into this audition but then promise me you can tell them you from East London I'm like what that walk in there you got to talk with your accent you live in Brooklyn right you got sit in the barbershop talk all day I was like okay so my first audition I walked in there and I had to just pretend she's outside the doors like remember hey Harry years into Shelby Lane Jenna I set it in I did my first edition and David Sanger was among great great I still one more time into seven ever go and then the fourth audition they changed the tactics on me because by this point I was good with the accent like boom I was walking in and I go what up David what up man what's good nearly old is that yeah great and the Irishman so I talk to me goes hey address I talked to her about your life huh yeah yeah just talk to me so waiver now this is the moment of truth because my parents told me not to lie you know I mean you look someone in the eye and be honest I have lied it's never worked out for me so I was looking at this guy thinking yeah girl you know I'm not from Brooklyn don't us we were from just ask me to read the lines and we could get out of here and he was Irish so I could tell ya this twinkle in his eye he's like no come on brother boyfriend and I said listen mate I'm from London bro I'm born and raised in East London yeah I would Alexa done don't fire Alexa but she told me not to tell you guys and he jumped over and I knew it I blew it David I knew it dad was like wow okay and true story he said you know we just want to give you the job I'm nearly burst into tears because it was a tough time for me at times and he said I'm not gonna give you every one but I think he could play string a bell and he told me why and that was it it's amazing true story [Music] Oh was being the top scorer for the under nine scanning town football club your first brush with greatness well okay let me just get this straight the out can in town under nine sting that was a joke that wasn't real I just said that for the commercial you talk about the I detest commercial were to ask the new shots I said what you're trying to do did taking the 2017 title for britain's rear of the year have any tangible effect on your life [ __ ] showed up and I didn't even know I was nominated they made me a bit interested today who fun is looking at my ass to nominate me for having a box Jesus Christ that is hot which made you feel more famous hosting the Met Gala or hosting us and how the Met garner I had Lady Gaga coming up to me Rihanna and Beyonce coming up to me shaking my hand I felt super famous and Anna Wintour bless her heart you know she she championed me as someone who should host it half the people didn't know who I was hello who okay he was underwire yeah yeah my dad seen that that was great apparently great but um when I did her now [Music] I did a Chanel that was one of the pinnacles in my life first of all because godly boy I can't even speak my mouth is actually numb careful run guys don't get hit my eyes yeah yeah careful run there anyway it was a pinnacle I got to speak to a new New York audience about my journey in New York being on SNL and being a host it was incredible alright address okay bro are you ready to move on no I mean yeah like I said man I am gonna be the hottest hottest hot one ain't I scared of nothing with nobody you know what I tell my children is he Winston we as I scared of nobody nothing let me ask you a question funny sure sure let me ask you a question uh whose idea was this show so you see that guy right there and the blue shirt yeah his named Chris what's in it Chris right can you fight Chris you might have to but you have to talk about this we already have a bright ideas coming up in your little brain box over there Jesus claim about to pass out so when you're not doing summer blockbusters or doing cult TV shows like Luther I know that you're a globe-trotting DJ who it's everyplace from Coachella to Ibiza and your roots behind the turntables they go really deep can you explain the pirate radio scene for those who are unfamiliar yeah absolutely the pirate radio scene really started off somewhere in the 70s I want to say 70s early 80s there was a radio station called Caroline radio which was like this radio station that pitched up on a ship why they did that is because they found that it could hijack a frequency and the people that control that basically couldn't find him because it wasn't about and they were like who is this station Radio Caroline it killed it it started a trend cut to the mid eighties early nineties it was all the rage especially for urban music for black music where we want to talk about our neighborhood we want to talk about things that we see every day excuse me I just spat all over your it's okay we're in this together let me Debbie damage your swing over there boy thank you I worked on pirate radio for about two years I was on two stations paradise FM and climax of them I had a Saturday show daytime ladies and gentleman I was mr. Kipling welcome to the show between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. and I'm sorry the artists is long I know I know because I'm trying to talk this [ __ ] off but long story short I depart for two years and it was great it was great I wasn't famous for me I had a great show I loved it I used to do tokens I used to play new music and pirate radio was really one of the first places you could have specialists urban music what's the biggest mistake that you can make as a DJ Shaquille O'Neill once told me it's not playing enough songs for the ladies ah what are you doing what are you doing [Music] so this is the last dab we call it the last dab because it's tradition around here to put a little extra what on the last are you talking about you don't have to if you don't want to Oh showing you gonna drive gently like that what did I tell you before I started I'm the hottest hot one that's true I'm gonna you know I'm gonna do a freestyle off to this put it out and you can play it with the show but it's gonna be called the hot hot hot one we would be honored would you really yeah you know what I'm gonna dab all right bottoms up you got I told my son today he was talking about the slugs it's scared of slugs and he said you know he's moved his lady and the slug came in and he was like get it out it she was like don't you get it out so you have to get it out I told him sometimes yeah just do it but you gotta do it like you're mad at it just like I did their [ __ ] I told you when you see the slug next time ya pick it up and throw it up and it will hide your fear slug that wing slug that slug at the window alright address here we are at the summit of mount Scoville and we've touched on a lot of things today but one thing that we haven't touched on yet yes is cats you're starring in a film adaptation of the classic stage show and here on wing 10 we're hoping that we can put some of the most hotly contested fan debates to rest once and for all great which song bangs harder the rum tum tugger or mr. Mistoffelees whoo mr. mostafa listen Mike I think the internet seems obsessed with the digital fur technology going on in the trailer is it live-action or is it CGI it is a first of its kind when I saw the - excuse me when I saw the previz for what we were gonna look like I was blown away and then finally is cats a deeply layered allegory about Victorian politics in our own salvation or is it just about cats the truth is the writing is very deep there's a very beautiful tale at the bottom of it no pun intended you know cats have nine lives but humans we don't know this but we are part of maybe nine types of personalities I suspect that there is a little bit of a thing going on we're around that theory and cats have in nine months fascinating stuff and Idris Elba look at you sure her HAP's the hottest hot one in the history of hot ones and now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you my friend this camera this camera this camera let the people know what you have going on in your life all right ladies and gentlemen I just want to tell you right now my face is burning okay as much as I want to tell you what I'm doing in my life right now I'm just gonna go to the bathroom and wash it with cold water apart from that I want to tell you the t-shirt I'm wearing is a to our set t-shirt shameless plug I also have a rap album coming I don't know what it's called yet might call it hot ones go watch Hobbes in sure it's a lot of fun some really great moments in it I think you can enjoy it Sean and the entire hot wings crew except for Chris you're a madman don't ever talk to me again or you never spoke to me my life but not - again you guys are amazing thank you very much for having me on the show I really enjoyed it please this way and by the way I love the start of you you're Christians are great thank you it's really busy at the state of your head Wow thank you oh good pretty stuff thank you guys you're a good team man Wow hey what's going on hot ones fans this is Sean Evans checking in to say thank you so much for watching today's episode and if you were ever on the fence about the subscription box this month is the month you will get the hot ones trio pack including the sold out Carolina Reaper Edition last app that's right the only way to get the Carolina Reaper Edition last tab is in the subscription box and the only way to get the subscription box is through heat mist heat mist calm heat mist calm to order be careful out there dab heads and Godspeed [Music]

Channel: First We Feast

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Length: 29min 45sec (1785 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 01 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/BeetsBy_Schrute]

Everyone in the first half: "I thought this was going to be a challenge, c'mon"

Everyone at Da Bomb: "so this is how I die..."

Everyone at The Last Dab: ignores Sean's question "What the hell are you doing shaking that bottle?"

[u/mistuhvuvu]

That Idris Elba, what a charming guy

[u/PixelsAreYourFriends]

The level of mainstream legitimacy that this show keeps reaching week after week without losing its YouTuber soul astounds me

[u/BaconIsTheWay]

Man that look Sean gets when Idris recognizes his style of interviewing. Feeling must be heavenly

[u/Pearroc]

What a guy, thanking them all at the end.

Proper class.

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Chris, you know how to fight?

[u/TheOfficialJonSnow]

Best interview I've had.

Must be a hell of a thing to hear from someone like Idris Elba. Just like Idris is effortlessly charming, Sean is equally effortless as an interviewer.

[u/RedLightning4Ever]

Idris Elba is so effortlessly charming

[u/thewaybaseballgo]

Don’t worry, David Simon. I thought he really had an American accent for a good 5 years.