00:00Do you think Brad Pitt and Damson Idris are doing their own driving stunts in the movie?
00:04I'm doing my driving stunts. Brad isn't. He was chilling, having a caramel latte on every...
00:10I'm lying.
00:11Hey, what's up GQ? It's Damson Idris. I'm here going undercover on the internet.
00:16And guess what? It's actually me.
00:25Wikipedia.
00:25He played football and dreamed of being the next Cristiano Ronaldo.
00:31That's very true. I support Mantis United because I grew up in Peckham and I'm a glory hunter.
00:37And Cristiano Ronaldo was the greatest player that we ever signed.
00:40And I think it's amazing that he's still playing today.
00:45He played rugby. And in 2002, he shook the hand of the Queen Elizabeth II
00:51when his team took part in her Golden Jubilee.
00:53Jubilee. That's very true.
00:56I was a baby. I was in a line.
00:57I walked up to the Queen and I was like,
00:59Oh, you're on our money.
01:01It was kind of embarrassing.
01:03Instagram.
01:07Do you think he's a UK food or a US food guy?
01:11Man, the UK is going to hate me.
01:13I'm a US food guy.
01:14I loved soul food, man.
01:17Like Southern food.
01:18Like that's the way to my heart.
01:19Like really.
01:22What's your dream role?
01:23My dream role is always the one I'm doing.
01:26I really do live in a manifesting state.
01:29I said I wanted to work with my friends.
01:31I said I wanted to work in Africa and that's what I'm doing now.
01:33I said I wanted to play an athlete and along came F1.
01:36I said I wanted to work in the States and along came Snowfall.
01:39Next, we'll see.
01:41I think music though.
01:42Music is something that I'm constantly thinking about.
01:45TikTok.
01:50Do you think Damson is aware of all of the Snowfall edits that exist of him?
01:55I've definitely seen loads of them.
01:57I can't tell you what my favorite one is.
01:59There was one I watched where it was like a mashup of me winning best actor at the NAACP.
02:05Right when I say with my mom,
02:08When you come to Los Angeles, you better win.
02:10Boom.
02:10It goes into the edit.
02:12Whoever made that might have a job for you in the future.
02:15Keep going.
02:17On to Quora.
02:19Which I don't know what it is.
02:22Did I pronounce it right?
02:23Quora.
02:24Who are Damson Idris' acting inspirations?
02:28Four people.
02:30Marlon Brando,
02:31Sidney Poitier,
02:32Denzel Washington,
02:33Daniel Day-Lewis.
02:34What were your favorite films growing up?
02:38When I was younger,
02:39my favorite film was Bad Boys.
02:41What type of research did Damson Idris do to prep for F1 the movie?
02:49So what did I do?
02:50I binge watched Drive to Survive.
02:53I downloaded the F1 game,
02:54created a fake character and won the championship.
02:57And yeah,
02:58I trained behind the Formula One cars for about seven months.
03:01Before I even had the part,
03:03I jumped in one of the simulators
03:04so that when I'd auditioned in London,
03:07I'd know what I was doing.
03:08Still didn't know what I was doing.
03:12Do you think Brad Pitt and Damson Idris
03:14are doing their own driving stunts in the movie F1?
03:18I'm doing my driving stunts.
03:20Brad isn't.
03:20He was chilling,
03:21having a caramel latte on every...
03:23I'm lying.
03:24We both drove the cars.
03:26We had stunt guys too
03:27and Luciano Bacchetta
03:28and Craig Dolby.
03:30But yeah,
03:30that's really us, man.
03:31That's really me
03:32sweating and crying inside.
03:36How did Damson Idris and Brad Pitt feel
03:38filming at the British Grand Prix?
03:40I don't know how Brad felt,
03:41but for me,
03:42it was an amazing experience
03:44because I'm born and raised in London.
03:46Hamilton won that day,
03:47which was extra special.
03:49And it didn't rain,
03:50so we got the best shot in the sun.
03:53All right,
03:54let's see some YouTube comments.
03:55Growing up in East L.A.,
04:00I can wholeheartedly say
04:02that this dude absolutely murdered
04:04his L.A. accent in Snowfall.
04:07How did he perfect that, though?
04:08I'm dying to know.
04:10Firstly,
04:10I watched a bunch of movies
04:12that were set in that area,
04:13Boys in the Hood,
04:15Baby Boy,
04:15most of John Singleton's movies.
04:17I hung out with John Singleton
04:19like every day,
04:20rest in peace.
04:21But I would call up Snoop Dogg
04:23on FaceTime
04:23and I'd hang out with Dub C
04:25and go see him perform with Ice Cube.
04:27Just anyone from L.A.
04:29became a Lakers fan,
04:30a Rams fan.
04:31And yeah,
04:32I think Kendrick Lamar
04:33is a fantastic rapper, too,
04:34so I listened to a lot of his music
04:36and, of course, Park.
04:37And before you knew it,
04:38I was able to, you know,
04:40walk the walk
04:40and be frank with the same.
04:44What's next for him?
04:45I feel like this guy could do anything.
04:47So right now,
04:49I'm in South Africa, Cape Town,
04:51doing a movie called
04:51Children of Blood and Bone.
04:52It's a mythological story
04:54based in Africa.
04:56I started a beautiful
04:57fine jewelry brand
04:58called Didris.
04:59The reason I got into it
05:00was because of my mom.
05:01I wanted to pay homage to her.
05:03She used to buy gold in Nigeria
05:05and come to London
05:06and sell it,
05:07go back to Nigeria
05:08with the profit,
05:09elevate my family,
05:10and I wanted to pay respects
05:12to her journey.
05:13Let's check Twitter.
05:15I mean, X.
05:18Does he have a deal
05:19with Prada or Tommy Hilfiger?
05:21I feel like I've been seeing him
05:22in so many campaigns.
05:24Super cool.
05:25Double eyes.
05:26Three times.
05:27Those are two brands that I love.
05:29For my first paycheck,
05:30I bought some Prada shoes.
05:32And Tommy Hilfiger
05:32is such a cool heritage brand,
05:34but it's also innovative.
05:36Them being in partnership with F1,
05:38it was a no-brainer
05:39for me to link up with them.
05:41Just finished the final episode
05:46of Snowfall,
05:46and man,
05:47what the hell was that ending?
05:49Why'd they do Franklin like that?
05:51With Franklin,
05:52I wanted him to actually...
05:56But we all decided
05:58what is a fate worse than death.
06:00We always knew that
06:02the wage of sin is death.
06:04But who knows, man?
06:05Who knows what will be
06:07in the future for Franklin?
06:09What are Franklin Saints goat moments?
06:39Hmm...
06:40Franklin Saint goat moments.
06:42There's so many.
06:44Because I was a G on that show.
06:45I'm going to give you four.
06:47Number one's got to be
06:48the brick by brick scene
06:50because I see so many kids
06:52doing it online
06:53and it always makes me laugh.
06:55I love the bodies, bodies,
06:56bodies scene
06:57where I was two Franklins
06:59because I was only able
07:01to do it in one take.
07:03But I think what we created
07:04was great.
07:05I love the scene
07:06at the end
07:07when Franklin says to Leon,
07:09you're my best friend.
07:11That was a special moment
07:12because it was improvised
07:14and I really was
07:15talking to my guy Isaiah.
07:17You know,
07:18I wasn't going to see him again
07:19and...
07:20Well,
07:20I wasn't going to get to work
07:21with him on the show again.
07:22And the fourth one
07:24when he was talking to
07:25Jerome and Louis
07:27and Leon
07:28with the cane
07:29and he was like,
07:31like I got us out
07:31of every other
07:32mother...
07:32thing else.
07:34That, yeah.
07:34That was...
07:35That was a gold moment.
07:37Okay.
07:38That's it from me.
07:39Thank you for all your questions,
07:40everyone.
07:41Hopefully you learned
07:41some new things about me.
07:43Stamps and Idris
07:44signing off the internet.
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