The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Idris Elba - Filming “Beast” & Creating S’ABLE Labs

Episode Date: August 15, 2022

Emmy-nominated actor Idris Elba chats about facing off with a CGI lion in “Beast,” DJing in Ibiza, creating an inclusive and natural skincare line with his wife, and being all-around sexy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Please welcome, Indrace Alva! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Wow. Thank you. That's a lot of love. That's a lot of love. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We could just do that for the whole interview. We could just do that for the whole interview. Every time you come to the show, I have to schedule extra time. We're like, who's the guest? They're like, Idris' album.

I'm like, well, we need three minutes for people screaming and cheering. And this just follows your, how's your hearing? How's your hearing I see you? Really? Oh man. Oh no. What do you do? Oh no. What do you eat? How you live? I mean, I just see a lot of, you know, West African fufoo, you know, the African.

Okay, okay. I see. Welcome back to the show. Congratulations on a brand new movie. Beast, I'm super excited for this movie because one, it's you, I mean fighting, doing your thing, saving your family, but also you're in South Africa, which was really fun for me to see. Yeah, you know, right? You know, worst safari ever, I'll say that. It's that. It's my second home.

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in this movie, the lion is scared and ends up, you know, chasing a family, me. Yeah, I mean, so you play, you play a widower in this movie, right? And you go from America back to South Africa, your wife has passed away, you take your children to South Africa to see the motherland and then you end up in this experience, which is terrifying. I haven't seen many movies where you're terrified. I realized that when I was watching this. I haven't seen you scared at all. Well, bro, can I tell you tell you, I went to see the premiere, in New York and it was fun, but I the movie, but I was watching, but I was watching, but I was watching, but I was watching, but I not true. No, 100%? You think so? Oh man, there's no, there's no sexy in this movie. It's a lot of, oh, yeah, I was like, I wish I did that different, you know?

No, I liked it. It was nice to see a different side of it this, you know? Thanks. No, it really was. It really was. Because it's an action movie. is using like a CGI lion, but it doesn't feel like that in the movie, you know, because you are terrified. I want to know how you keep it together in those moments. Because what do they even have? Do they have something? Is there some one? Is there, is they, or they're just telling you, Idris, lion, do it? I mean, I want to tell you the truth, but if I tell it's it's it's it's their it's their it's their, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, the, the, thin, thin, I thin, I thi, I thi, I thi, I to to know, I want to know, I want to know, I want to know, I want to know, how, how, how, I to know, I to know, I, I, I to know, I to know, I, I, I to know, I to know, I to know, I to know, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, I to know, I to know, I to know, I to know, I to to to to to th. th. I to thi, how you, how you, how you, how you to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the, how you, how you, you know, so there's a guy in a gray suit. Yeah. And they're like tights and you know, he has this really big head that looks like a big oversized teddy. And I, you know, I have to fight that. But he's strong, he's a big guy, but you know, like, it's just, it just doesn't look

cool. Can I tell you, that is more terrifying. to me. If I woke up and there was a lion in my bedroom I'd be like ah there's a line if I woke up and there was a man with the head of a teddy bear who were standing over me. Yeah, oh great I mean he looked like a cross between a a rat and an elephant you see you see you see. This is like every prayer my mother knows I would be saying at that moment that's what I would be doing. You're not just making movies tho you th know, what I love about you is you living life. You know, you just seem like you're having a great time. You're out there DJing.

Are you still in? An Abita, yeah, yeah. You're in Abita, DJ? Yeah, yeah, yeah. How do you do this? Because you're making movies? When you're making movies? DJ and you know so I DJ on a DJ on Friday nights and I work Monday to Thursday. No ways.

So you leave the movie set and then you go DJ and then you spend the weekend at home and then you come back and then. Cut. Thank you. Uh-huh. I'm straight in. You know what I love is the idea that some people might only know you as a DJ now. Because there are people who go they the movie the movie the movie. the movie. the th. th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. the. I the. I the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. So th. So th. So th. So th. So th. So th. So th. So th. So th. So th. So th. So th. So th. th. th. th. So the. the. So, the. So, the. So, the. So, the. I the. I the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the now. Because there are people who go to Ibiza who don't watch movies.

All they do is club. That's all they do. And there are some people who are probably just like, oh, that's my favorite DJ. And one day they're going to see a movie and be like, that's that. It's like, it on the show, he's like, oh, Idris Elba's going to be on. And then he's with his friend. And so his friend goes, who's that? And I said, Idris Alba. He goes, who's that?

And he's the kid, you know, it's like 15 or whatever. And then I go, I pull up your picture. I'm the guy from the guy, the guy, the guy, the guy, the guy, the guy, the guy, and he, and, and, the guy, and, and, and, the guy, and, and, and, the guy, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, That's the guy from the meme. That's the guy from the meme. That's what he said. He said, that is the guy from the meme. But mind you, you know, I heard a stat that that meme was like, you know, top ten memes in the world. Easily.

Easily. It's embarrassing. Why it? . . It's extreme. Yeah, it's extreme. It's a good meme though. Is it? It is. Like you're choking, you're crying. I wasn't choking. First of all, you know, just to clear this up, it wasn't the hot wings that got me. It was like, you know, when the spit goes around the wrong throat. Oh, okay. You don't believe me? No, I believe you, I believe you, but I'm just saying. I'm just saying. I'm just, you're just, you know, you know, you know, you know, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, you, you, you, you know, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just I'm trying to clear this up, man. Let's talk about skin care as well. You know, everyone's favorite couple, one of the top ten couples as well, yourself and your wife.

You know, we love your journey, we love seeing you together, such a beautiful thing. You've started a skin care brand together, which is, I mean, why did it take you so long? Well, no, to be to their they they they they to they to to to to to to to to to be to to be thiii. thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to to to to to to to to their their to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. th. thi. to thi. thi. to ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. today. today. today, today, to to to to we started, you know, during the pandemic, you know, and we literally, when we found ourselves locked in a house together forever and was running out of product, so I was like, well, I'm just going to use yours, and I didn't know what was in it, you know, before we know, we have to have a discussion about what is in skin care, why isn't it just for humans, thatheen, throwne. be like men's face watch women's men's face was invigorating yes yes and so we got into the conversation but it also just you know we we both work with with eFAD which is the UN Department for like you know agriculture yes and we we see that there's a tre the tre of farmers who have these, you know, agriculture. Yes. And we see that there's a trend,

but a small hold of farmers who have these ingredients, you know, can actually help, you know, the big marketplaces, especially with ingredients into natural skin care. So we found a way to sort of, but we're trying to connect the dots. So in our skin care, we have, you know, bowel, which is a tree from the the the the the the tha... tha. tha. We the tha. We thine. thine. thi. their thi. thi. We their, thin, thi. thin, thin, their, their, their, their, the, thin, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, they. We're, they. We're, they. We're, they. We're, they. they. they. they. they. th. thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, the, to, to, to, toe. toe. toeateat. toeat. toeat, you, toe. toe. tree, today, today, today, they. the. man, I love that. So, in our skin care we have, you know, Bow-Bab, which is a tree from Africa, we have black seed, oil, and they all come from smallhold of farmers.

You see, it's like sexy on the outside, sexy on the inside. Oh, man. Thank you, well. You're turning 50 in September. You're turning 50 in thi, thii, to 50, to 50, to to 50, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to too, too, thi, thi, thi, thi, the thi, they, thi, they, they. their their their their their their their their the, the, the, the, the, the, the, their their their their their their their their their their their their their the, the, the, their the, the, the, their their, their, their, their, their, their, their, they.. they. they. thi. thi. thi. tooooooooooooomoomoomorrow, treea, tree, tree, thea, thea., thea, thea, thi. the brother at the exact same age and I just didn't get the same like weight treatment that you got. You're turning 50 look at you Idris. I don't know what to say I mean does 50 know you're turning 50. Like you look like you're turning the age and the age doesn't know that 50's like oh shit I didn't know I think who like who are you? I don't know, I didn't know. Like, who are you? I don't know, man.

I feel like, I feel 50. I wake up in the morning, I'm like, Akin and shit, you know what I feel better. You don't feel that at all. You're right, you don't feel, and you know what I love about you most is that you've lived like such a full life, you know, some people have only thi, th th, th, th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I thi, I th, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I'm, I'm, I feel, I feel, I feel like, I feel like, I feel, I feel, I feel like, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel like, I feel, I feel, I feel like, I feel, I feel, I feel like, I feel like, I feel like, I feel like, I feel like, I feel like, I feel like, I, I, I th., I, I, I, I th..... I, I th. I, I th, I th. I feel, I th. I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, I'm, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel like, I feel like, I feel like, I feel like, I feel, I feel, I feel like, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, I feel, or whatever but it's like what I love about your journey is how much you've done. Like a lot of people don't know that you used to work the door at venues like you literally. Yeah like a lot of people don't know that is like interest would be the person is like stopping you from coming in or like kicking you out or whatever and

can I just say for the record if you were out I would just be like, this dude is outside, I'll stand outside. Were you effective? Did you ever like, did you ever fight anybody? I was good, but I didn't have to fight. It was always, you know, in the voice and, you know, like, excuse me, man, you can't, you can't bring that, you can't bring that gun. And they were like, oh, okay. It's a, oh, the try, you can't, you can't bring, you see even that, you can't bring that gun, have you ever heard that sentence, sexy before? It's too, you know, I almost want, is there anything you can't do, I want to see like, you know what we're going to do? I'm going to test your sexiness out. I want to see what the limits of your sexiness are. Really? Yeah, there, there, there, there, the limits? the limits? the limits? the limits? the limits? the limits? the limits. I the limits. I the limits. I the limits. I the limits. I the limits. I the limits. I the limits. I want the limits. I want the limits, I want the limits. I want thi. I want the the limits. I want to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to thi, have thi, have thi, have thi, have thi. thi. thi, have thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the the the the the the the the the the thi the thi thi thi thi thi thi thi there are no limits. We're going to test it out. I'm going to find the place that you're not sexy in.

All right, recipes, never sexy. So I'll read a recipe. Simple, sotate vegetables. Heat olive oil in a large pot. Chopped vegetables until fine. Gently placed vegetables in a pot and reduce heat to low simmer. Cook until fully tender serve warm. That was sexy, no? No. That's because the recipe. You read it.

I want to see. This is where we take you down. Okay, um, heat olive oil in a large, in a large pot. Chopped vegetables until fine. Gently place vegetables in pot and reduce heat to a low simmer, and then

and then cook until fully tender. This is just gonna give you, give it, give it a good. All right, I got you, I got you now, I got you. We'll use it, hand sanitizer, it's the least sexy thing you can do. Every day when I use it, I go, this is not sexy. Huh? I use it. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. You have to, yeah, huh? You see? No, no, no, I'm the same. You're the same? I'm a hundred. All right, straight into that camera there.

Do it, do it. Let's see. No, I'm the same. It's just hand-siletized. I just. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He didn't put the music on for Trevor, do his again with the music. They've never played music for me. Never. I've worked in this building seven years. They've never played music. That music was like 70s porn though, right? Is that just me? I think that music was like from a documentary and then you made it porn.

The music was like, I'm from a documentary but for Idris Alba, I will turn into porn. Right, I don't even know why I'm doing this. Blowing your nose. No one's sexy when they blow their nose. I'll blow my nose. All right. I don't even know, it's a waste of time, but just whatever. Let's see. Are you sure, man? Yeah, let's, we may as well. Okay, cool. Yeah. Yeah. We may as well. Yeah. Yeah. We may as. Yeah. Yeah, There's something we're not sexy! Yes! Yes! Yes, we did it! Hey, yourself was fun, oh, it's sexy! The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Ears Edition. Subscribe to the Daily Show on YouTube for exclusive content and stream full episodes anytime on Paramount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central podcast.