Naomi Ackie's Hilarious Steven Spielberg Story

ODE

Naomi Ackie is a busy bee! She's currently starring in Netflix's Thursday Murder Club and told us what happened when Steven Speilberg asked her for a chat at the premiere. Naomi of course pitched herself in one of this iconic movies and decided on Jurassic Park, running away from dinosaurs.  She told us everything at the Elle Styles Awards 2025 in London. Report by Jonesl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

Transcript

00:00As good a hugger as he is the director.

00:02I love to run away from a dinosaur and nobody tells me nothing.

00:05I'm not even in them.

00:06Well there's Naomi Aki next to you. Hello!

00:09Hi! Amazing!

00:10I've seen you!

00:12Oh yes, I'm doing a show.

00:14I want to see it.

00:15Come and see it.

00:16Is it good? It's important to be an artist.

00:19Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:20At National Theatre?

00:21Yes, we've moved it to the Noel Coward.

00:23Come and see us.

00:24Okay, you look sick.

00:26Oh look at them!

00:27You've got someone coming to watch you all in, there you go.

00:30How do you feel when people react to you like that?

00:35It's really weird.

00:37You've had quite the week, haven't you?

00:40You're all over Netflix.

00:41Oh yeah!

00:42How's that gone down?

00:43Yeah, it's done really well.

00:44I think it's done alright, isn't it?

00:46Yeah!

00:47Yeah, it's great.

00:48Have you had anyone ask you for police advice yet in the street?

00:50Of course not.

00:51Or like, excuse me, I'm in trouble, can you help me?

00:53I'm actually really lucky.

00:54I've been under the radar for a while.

00:57So I'm just skipping out and doing my own thing.

01:00But you're amazing in the Thursday Murder Club.

01:02It was great to see you at the premiere.

01:04And what happens next with you, acting-wise?

01:05Are you going to do some theatre?

01:06Yeah!

01:07Because I thought you knew all about Ollie.

01:08I know.

01:09I have been thinking about it.

01:11I haven't done theatre for ten years.

01:13You don't even look ten.

01:14What's going on?

01:15I'm 34.

01:16Can you imagine?

01:17No, it's cool.

01:18It's like really fun being there for me.

01:20Is that where it all started then, theatre?

01:22Yeah, that's where it all started for me.

01:24And I've just been thinking about going back.

01:26I haven't done it for so long that it's actually something that's quite scary,

01:30which might be a reason to do it.

01:33Do it, babe.

01:34Yeah.

01:35And last time I saw you, Steven Spielberg was there.

01:36Did you get-

01:37He talked to me.

01:38He talked to me, right.

01:39No, this is madness.

01:40What happened?

01:41Chilling.

01:42So premiere happens.

01:43Boom, boom.

01:44So I went down, me and my publicist, and then he comes in and he's like,

01:47sorry, can I interrupt the conversation?

01:49I said, Steven, you can interrupt anything you want.

01:51Then he said some lovely things about me and Blink twice and things like that,

01:56and then we had a whole conversation, and then I asked, can I hug you?

01:59And then he said yes, and I did.

02:01What happened if he said no?

02:03Probably would have jumped out of the silly wall window.

02:07If he was like, no, that's nice.

02:10That's too much, Naomi.

02:11That's too much.

02:12Did he smell nice?

02:13Did he smell like Steven Spielberg?

02:14No, no, but he gave, he actually gave, like, very comforting.

02:18It's like, it's kind of crazy, like, meeting someone so, like, powerful,

02:22and, like, so influential, and he does not carry himself in that way at all.

02:26It was actually really lovely, and I was just this close to being like,

02:31please put me in another movie.

02:33Please, Steven.

02:34Can we get him doing some Star Wars stuff?

02:36That would be cool, wouldn't it?

02:37Oh, he'd rock that.

02:38He'd rock that.

02:39You know the guy now.

02:40You can get that, you can make it happen.

02:41I know Steven Spielberg.

02:43And the question on everyone's lips, is he a good hugger?

02:46Yeah, yeah, yeah.

02:47Fantastic.

02:48Like a bear?

02:49He's as good a hugger as he is the director.

02:51Wow.

02:52Have you got a favourite Spielberg movie?

02:54And did you quote him?

02:55Because that would be what I would do.

02:56No, no.

02:57The thing is, he's done so many.

02:58Jurassic Park, probably, though.

02:59Oh, wow.

03:00Jurassic Park is just a banger.

03:01So you know Jurassic Park still is being made.

03:03Yes.

03:04Could we get you in it?

03:05Oh, I'd love to run away from a dinosaur.

03:07I love, I can't tell you how much I love popcorn movies.

03:11It's like literally the only thing I watch.

03:13It's literally the only thing I watch.

03:15Nothing I love more.

03:16I think you might be the best person to talk to on a regular, but I absolutely love it.

03:20I remember from the first Star Wars thing you ever did, chatting to you.

03:23Oh my god, yeah.

03:24Was it Elstree?

03:25Yes.

03:26Was there a giant Lego thing?

03:27There was a giant Lego thing in the toy place.

03:29Yes.

03:30That weird toy place.

03:31Yes.

03:32There was toys everywhere.

03:33There was Star Wars toys everywhere.

03:34Is there anything you can tell us about what happens next, or do you know anything?

03:37I have no idea.

03:38Nobody tells me nothing.

03:39I'm not even in them.

03:41And just what else do you want to do this year?

03:44I am working right now on filming, and then once I'm done with that, I'm going to

03:49go on holiday.

03:50Yes.

03:51Make it somewhere.

03:52Blink it hot.

03:53Yeah.

03:54I already know where I'm going.

03:55I'm from Australia.

03:56We've got to get to know each other.

03:59That's a few more hugs time.

04:00Yeah.

04:01Good luck with the hug, you guys.

04:02Thank you so much.

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended