00:00I'm Matt Smith, and this is The Wired Autocomplete Interview. Check it out.
00:08These are actual real things. It makes it far more interesting, actually.
00:14Can Matt Smith? Here we go. Can Matt Smith sing? It depends on your attitude. How do you quantify
00:22a good singer? Have I sung? Yes. I was in a musical, American Psycho, the musical,
00:27which is coming back, actually. So technically, yes. Am I good? Debatable, but I like it.
00:35Can Matt Smith grow a beard? No. Can Matt Smith ride a motorcycle? No, but I used to ride a chicken
00:41when I was a kid. What we call a chicken was like a little moped, and I've ridden mopeds around Italy
00:46and stuff, but I can't ride with gears and stuff. Can... What? That's a weird one. Can Matt Smith
00:52grow a beard? Why? Because I'm clean shaven a lot. Can Matt Smith play football? Yes, I can.
00:58Center off. Can Matt Smith ride a horse? Yes, I can. And I have been doing, dare I say. Yeah.
01:09Okay. Why Matt Smith is the best Doctor Who? Well, that's a matter of opinion,
01:16of course, isn't it? And were I to be considered the best, why? I don't know. I had a great writer,
01:21and Amy Pond and Rory, I think, two of the greatest companions. And yeah, Stephen Moffat was amazing.
01:26Who do you think is the best Doctor? I don't know. You can't ask me that. That's like asking,
01:33you know, Pierce Brosnan who you think is the best James Bond is. I mean, look,
01:36we're all the same person, aren't we? So it's a collective effort. It's a team effort.
01:42Why was Matt Smith regeneration so fast? Well, you'll have to blame Stephen Moffat for that. I
01:47know. It should have been quicker. Or no, it should have been quicker. It should have been longer.
01:50God, Stephen, for God's sake, why don't you give me a longer generation? I mean, I don't know.
01:57But there was a whole, like, before it had a big speech about, you know, the Doctor being me and my
02:02bowtie and stuff. I felt like it was, I felt he did me right on that, Stephen. Who was Matt Smith's
02:07companion? Come on. You must know that. How do you not know that? Amy Pond. Rory Pond.
02:14And Clara Oswald, the great Clara Oswald. How did Matt Smith become the Doctor? Well,
02:20I had two secret auditions and they were in hotels and I had to check in under, like,
02:24a false name. And then I got cast and I couldn't tell anyone for, like, six months. It was really
02:29weird. But it was a great time. I'm really proud of that show. I love Doctor Who. I love Doctor Who.
02:34And it's long may it continue. So, when was Matt Smith on Top Gear? Oh God, I can't even remember.
02:43But I did quite well in it. I came, like, fourth or fifth. And it was a while ago. I was young.
02:48Is Matt Smith in The Crown? Well, I was. I played Prince Philip, who's a fucking legend,
02:53by the way. Matt Smith, fan mail address, www.idontknow.com. Where does Matt Smith live?
03:03Never you mind. And Matt Smith, MCU. Yeah, technically, it is a Marvel film, Morbius, I think.
03:13But it was made by Sony. Who knows? But I was in, yeah, a sort of superhero vampire film,
03:20to varying degrees of success, you might argue. Here we go. Matt Smith, James Bond. No. Matt Smith,
03:29Austin Butler. Couple of legends. Love Austin Butler. What a fucking dude. Matt Smith,
03:34Damon Targaryen. Has to be, unless I play another Damon. Matt Smith, Doctor Who Return. Wow. You never
03:41know. Does Matt Smith have tattoos? No, he doesn't. Where did Matt Smith train? Train for what? Being an actor?
03:49Nowhere. Is Matt Smith nice? Yes. Fucking right, I'm nice. Was Matt Smith in Terminator Genisys? Yes,
03:58I was. Although, I don't know how memorable I was, but I was certainly in it. Where did Matt Smith
04:03grow up? Northampton, in England. Yeah, it's in the middle of the country, and I still go back loads.
04:08Loads of my best friends are from there. Gotta keep it real, man. See you later. Okay, what was Matt Smith's
04:13first role? Depends. Are we talking first professional role? It was in a play called Fresh
04:19Kills at the Royal Court in London, in England, and I played a male gigolo in New York with one
04:26Phil Daniels, and it had a brilliant Texan director called Wilson Malim. So it was very American, actually.
04:33What does Matt Smith do for fun? Drink Guinness and watch football. What was Matt Smith's role in the
04:39Rise of Skywalker? Who knows? Was I in the Rise of Skywalker? What is the Rise of Skywalker? What
04:46football team does Matt Smith support? Blackburn Rovers, because they are the one, the only,
04:51the greatest. Come on. What is Matt Smith working on? Right now I'm doing a show called House of the
04:55Dragon, and I play a guy called Damon Targaryen, and he's got blonde hair. There's some funny ones in there.
05:01Can Matt Smith grow a beard? Why would Google know? I mean,
05:04what the fuck does Google say to that? Thank you, Wired. That was fun.
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