Idris Elba Walks Into an Abu Dhabi Hotel Room [VIDEO]

What Now? with Trevor Noah

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News, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Trevor sits down in Abu Dhabi with actor, director and DJ, Idris Elba. The two of them swap stories about taking the plunge and moving to America for work and Elba shares the secret he was told not to reveal when auditioning for The Wire. They also discuss why Africa may be the future of entertainment, the art of the accent, and debate who can best pull off a Nelson Mandela impression. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Wow, we're really talking? We're doing this, man. We're doing this.
0:06.0	You happy? Sound happy? Yes? Picture happy. Everybody's happy.
0:10.4	All right. Then the most important question is, is Idra's happy? How you feeling? I'm feeling good. I mean I'm I'm shocked that you're awake
0:17.9	You were in LA a few days. I was in LA Yeah less than 48 hours ago.
0:23.4	Okay.
0:24.4	I went I passed through London to come to Abu Dhabi.
0:27.2	Right.
0:28.2	I've been doing some miles, bro.
0:29.2	You really have?
0:30.2	Yeah.
0:31.2	Do you get you get to go to the lounge now?
0:33.0	Yes, I mean, but no, I, you know, honestly, airports can be daunting. I'm not an anxious flyer, but the airports are anxious.
0:48.6	Are you being serious right now?
0:50.6	Yeah, no, seriously. Air Airport's just too much going on.
0:53.4	It feels so fragile.
0:55.0	It's weird.
0:56.0	You know, I would feel the calmest if I saw Idris Alba in an airport.
1:01.0	I'm not even joking, because you carry yourself in a way where I'd be like
1:04.4	man everything's going bad and I look and be like is that Idros Halba?
1:07.4	Everything's gonna be okay y'all. Everything's gonna be okay. Everything's gonna be okay. This is what now with Trevanoa. You know if you told me I would be in Abu Dhabi, right, just an hour away from Dubai, in a hotel room overlooking
1:39.2	what seems like a beautiful bay also combined with like, don't know an office block speaking to
1:46.3	Idris Elba I would have said to you this is probably a psychedelic dream that you're
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