My name is Idris Elba and this is the Wired
Autocomplete interview. I paused because I've done this before
. So, you know, thank you. What
does Idris Elba eat? I eat a lot of
protein eggs. I like cereal, like, uh
brand flakes with raisins in it. That's my,
my favorite. And I eat other stuff as well
. All right. Did Idris Elba play soccer?
Yeah, I actually played football and we call it
football in our part of the world. I played
from the time I was probably about five all the
way through high school and all of that I played
into my twenties and Sunday League. It's actually a
rough league where people get their legs broken all the
time. But, uh, I did play soccer
. Who is Idris Elba in the Wire? I
played a character called Stringer Bell who is essentially the
right hand man to Avon Barksdale, one of the
most powerful, uh, drug dealers in the Wire
. Little known factor to that Stringer Bell is actually
based on someone that is real, who is Idris
Elba in Thor, in Thor. I play a
character called Heimel. Hemdale is a very famous,
um, as Guardian, there was a lot of
controversy when I got the role cos I'm black and
stuff and it was a bit shit. But anyway
, it's fine. We got over that. Thank
you. Let's do some more. What is Idris
Elba DJ name when I first started D jing um
they used to call me Mr Kipling that got short
to Kipper when I went to America, I was
Idris. My mum used to call me DJ ID
and then I went through a phase of just being
Idris Elba and now people just call me Idris.
So my actual DJ, if you go on my
Spotify is just Idris. And that happened recently,
by the way, what does Idris Elba drive?
I drive a motorcycle, an electric one. Em
, I think it's called, it's a BMW super
quick rapid. If you've ever seen my film,
uh Hobbs and Shaw, I play a character called
Brixton Law in it. I ride a motorcycle in
that it is faster than that bike, but I
also drive a electric car called an E QC.
I have orange leather interior just so you know what
football team does Idris Elba support. I support the
one and only Arsenal football team, the best football
team in England. The only red team that you
ever need to know about that is the Gunners back
in the day. I mean, Arsenal went for
a really bad time. We weren't on a winning
streak but now we're top of the league. Maybe
no need to Google that anymore. Hey, here
we go. What kind of coat does Idris Elba
wear in Luther? Actually the original Luther, the
TV show right back in 2011. I was wearing
a Paul Smith tweed coat. Ok. It's uh
a very specific Scottish uh, Weave and Paul Smith
made only a few of them, but the original
original coat got thrown into the Thames River. And
so no spoilers. All right. Smooth. How
did Idris Elba get on the office? The truth
is I got on the office because the Wire,
quite frankly, the writers of um BJ Novak uh
big fan of the Wire and uh invited me to
, to come on to the, the, the
office as funny as I am. I don't get
to do much comedy and I was sort of invited
. I was beside myself that I got to play
with this really funny sitcom. So that's how I
got on the office. Can Idris Elba? I
bet this says sing, can Idris Elba switch accents
? No, I'm really bad at it. Like
I've done it before with actors that can do accents
really quick and just switch and I just sound shockingly
bad. Something like Scottish, I mean, Scottish
. It's so ter uh no, I'm not even
gonna try was Idris Elba in Fast and The Furious
, I was in uh Hobbs and Shaw, which
is a fast and the Furious franchise. Here's a
question for you. Which one was Hobbs? And
which one was Shaw? Either way I was in
it. I played Brixton Law. Ok. Was
Idris Elba in Star Trek? I was, I
played a character called Crawl who's from a different universe
. And every day I had to get up around
two o'clock in the morning, go in and put
on this prosthetic full head and had it on all
day. And at the end of my day,
I had, they had to peel it off really
gently, really gently. But on the last day
of a sort of seven week shoot, I filmed
myself who and it was horrific to watch cos I
pulled it off my face and it nearly pulled my
eyebrows off, which was not no fun. So
there it is. All right. Thank you very
much. Smoother. Does Idris Elba have tattoos?
Yes, I have many tattoos. I have some
on my hands. You can see there different parts
of my life sayings meanings. The first line of
my favorite song on Nissan, which is a song
called Dish Train by a band called Culture. And
my kids names are on here and here. And
I have another saying here, I've got tats.
I love tats. Does Idris Elba take requests?
I do not take requests while I'm djing. I
preset my playlist. You know, I, I
sort of put together like what I think I'm gonna
play, but I would take requests if I was
at a party where people could come to the DJ
and be like, yo, have you got this
? I would take request but I don't usually does
Idris Elba play video games. I do. I'm
a gamer for sure, for sure. I play
what was formerly known as FIFA. I play FC
24. I've been playing that game for 30 years
since FIFA 95. Like the original original Sega version
. I love that game. I also play uh
Street Fighter. I love driving games. I mean
, rally games are bonkers like cos they're really difficult
but I love a rally game. Yeah, I'm
a gamer. Does Idris Elba make music? I
do make music. I first started D jing,
which was when I was 14 years old. OK
? And then when acting started, I couldn't DJ
as much. So I decided that I wanted to
learn how to make music. So I went off
and bought my first drum machine which was a,
here's one for the Nerds, Roland Groove Box.
And then I bought an M PC and then I
bought an MC 303. Yeah, baby, I
made music and now I have like a little bit
of a production team. So I'll start the ideas
off and then my production team will help me finish
up. Boom. Gonna place this one out gently
. Is Idris Elba a rapper. I wouldn't consider
myself a rapper. Let's just put it that way
. I just like making songs while I rap on
my daughter's 22. She's like dad, you need
to quit. But that's not true. Actually,
she, uh, she likes my music but thank
you for Googling that. If you have Googled that
big up here's Idris Elba. British. Yes.
I actually don't drink tea. I do drink chamomile
tea and mint tea, but I'm not a,
like a cup of tea bloke. But I am
British born there, man. East London is Idris
Elba knuckles voice. Yes. Idris Elba does play
knuckles. The fans really love knuckles and I've had
so much fun playing him, so I'm very proud
. All right, here's the last one is Idris
Elba knighted. No, I am not knighted.
However, I did receive my um OBE, which
is um an outstanding honorary that uh the queen gave
to me. It is quite a special thing just
so, you know, I got an honorary doctorate
degree from Ravenscroft University, which I'm really proud of
. So my um sign off on my emails is
Drieobe. Yeah, baby. Thank you so much
. Uh Having such an amazing time, please keep
Googling me. Thank you guys. I'm giddy.
It just help out.