00:00People be asking me to come to weddings, kiss their children on the forehead, it's a strange life, okay?
00:04There's no...
00:05Do you go?
00:05Yeah?
00:06Have you been to a brand new movies?
00:07Yeah, yeah, just...
00:08You've got to pull up, that's fun.
00:10Tell us to see what the food menu is before you go over.
00:11Absolutely, is it halal, is it kosher, these are very important questions.
00:15It is, we're there.
00:15But I think, like, that's the thing.
00:17It's the way people engage with you.
00:19I feel like...
00:20There's a whole different type of celebrity around a world-class actor.
00:25As opposed to a comedian.
00:27A comedian's much more of a touch point.
00:28You want to have a laugh with them.
00:30You want to, hey, can you meet my friend, my girlfriend, my...
00:33Whereas with an actor, still at this...
00:35That is strange, old-school prestige, mystery, yeah.
00:37Who is that person?
00:39And so, you know...
00:40Within the context of the show, the characters that we play...
00:43It's actually very easy to roll in.
00:45And catch the synergy that we caught in the show together, yeah.
00:50Hi, thanks for coming, guys.
00:53Yeah, Riz, is this the...
00:55This is the project that you've been working on for a decade, right?
00:57I know that when you came in to...
01:00God, was at the TIFF studio, you were talking about how long you've...
01:05Like, your passion projects, is this...
01:06These things take a long time, don't they?
01:09It's crazy, what are we doing?
01:10Yeah, so, I mean, I first kind of started scribbling little notes and stories...
01:15And anecdotes down into a little pad, yeah, about 10 years...
01:20Ago for this project, but it only really fully started coming together...
01:25You know, over the last several years, you know...
01:27I started working with my producing partner, Ali Moore...
01:30And then putting it to Amazon, and then Ben Carlin came in as a showrunner...
01:35And, you know, takes a village, so we got there in the end.
01:39Were you, when you were...
01:40Dribbling down your notes and ideas, was that because you were experiencing things in the business?
01:45And you were writing...
01:46It was, I was experiencing things in life, and because my life, part of it takes place...
01:50In the business, there's elements of that in the show...
01:52But I think the thing I was experiencing is something that...
01:55Most people can relate to, and that is the distance between your public and private self...
02:00You know, someone once told me that that distance is how much shame you carry...
02:05Well...
02:06It's a deep quote, right?
02:07Yeah...
02:08Right?
02:09It's like...
02:10How vulnerable are you willing to be to drop the mask and show people who you are?
02:15When no one's watching.
02:16And, of course, as performers, here we are, you know...
02:20Um...
02:23Pretending to be...
02:24I mean, none of these are my clothes...
02:25For example...
02:26Um...
02:27These are his clothes...
02:28He doesn't even have that excuse...
02:29He doesn't even have that excuse...
02:30As to why he's dressed like this...
02:31Incredible...
02:32Bizarre...
02:33And, uh...
02:35So, there's a kind of like...
02:36There's this distance between who we are in public and who we are in private...
02:40That I...
02:41I kind of...
02:42Can speak to my experience...
02:43But we all have that...
02:44With our online life...
02:45We all have that...
02:46In terms of...
02:47The person we wish we were...
02:48Or how we want to be seen...
02:50This is the actual mess that we are...
02:52That's how life can feel sometimes...
02:53So, it was...
02:54It was really about...
02:55That...
02:56And that's what the show is about...
02:57If you guys could...
02:58Measure...
02:59The gap...
03:00The chasm between your...
03:00Part...
03:01Private and public selves...
03:02Over the years...
03:03Is it getting bigger...
03:04Smaller...
03:05This is this much...
03:06Yeah...
03:07This is the distance...
03:08This is who I am in public...
03:09This is who I am in private...
03:10He's like...
03:11He's like the voice inside my head...
03:12I want no one to hear...
03:13Exactly...
03:14You see...
03:15It's an interesting thing...
03:15In the guise of being a stand-up comedian...
03:17Which is what I do...
03:18We can...
03:19Kind of...
03:20Be authentically...
03:21Very much more so ourselves...
03:22And I think...
03:23In terms of...
03:24When you look at...
03:25His characters...
03:26They share a lot...
03:27In common...
03:28In terms of his journey...
03:29Of...
03:30As he mentioned...
03:30The code switching...
03:31The change of cultures...
03:32Like wanting to progress...
03:33In his career...
03:34That he's shown...
03:35He doesn't...
03:36For myself...
03:37Like...
03:38We're judged on authenticity...
03:39When you walk out...
03:40On stage...
03:41In front of...
03:42Thousands of people...
03:43They want to know...
03:44That they're with you...
03:45Guz Khan...
03:46In the moment...
03:45So...
03:46It actually reflects...
03:47Really well in my character...
03:48In the show...
03:49And I think...
03:50It's really interesting...
03:50Because we're playing...
03:51Versions of ourselves...
03:52In this show...
03:53And I think...
03:54That's what makes it authentic...
03:55This one...
03:55It wasn't just a role...
03:56That you come to and play...
03:57You were being asked...
03:58To bring yourself...
03:59To the role as well...
04:00Yeah I think so...
04:00That's interesting...
04:01Was it always...
04:02Bond...
04:03In so far as...
04:04Your character...
04:05The audition...
04:06Did you always know...
04:07It was going to be for Bond...
04:08Or were you kind of...
04:09Kicking around to...
04:10Different franchises...
04:11You know...
04:12The audition thing...
04:13Kind of came later...
04:14It was...
04:15You know...
04:15In a way...
04:16The Bond thing...
04:17Isn't as important...
04:18As the audition...
04:19You know...
04:20Really inside...
04:20Like...
04:21The most relatable part...
04:22Of this show...
04:23And the heart of the show...
04:24Is about how life...
04:25Can sometimes feel...
04:26Like one big...
04:25Of audition...
04:26Right...
04:27You're always trying...
04:28To prove yourself...
04:29To people you do know...
04:30And people you don't...
04:30Always trying to be...
04:31The person you think...
04:32You should be...
04:33The person you think...
04:34People want you to be...
04:35That's kind of the heart of it...
04:37The Bond symbol became...
04:38It was a kind of symbol really...
04:40The Bond role is like...
04:41A symbol of everything...
04:42That he wants to be...
04:43This alpha male...
04:44Decisive...
04:45Desirable...
04:45The peak of...
04:46Cinematic achievement...
04:47And all of that kind of stuff...
04:49Um...
04:50But...
04:51In a way...
04:52Um...
04:53More important than that role...
04:54Is the process...
04:55Of auditioning itself...
04:56And how we all feel...
04:57Like we're doing it the whole time...
04:58It is sort of funny...
04:59It feels like we...
05:00We've been discussing...
05:01Like who the next Bond is gonna be...
05:02As long as I've been alive...
05:03Like I don't remember a time...
05:05Really?
05:06Where it wasn't...
05:07It's just become...
05:08It's just lasting forever...
05:09This kind of...
05:10And people maybe get more mileage...
05:12Out of...
05:13The rumors...
05:14Than they do about like...
05:15When someone...
05:15Can I ask you a question?
05:16Yeah.
05:17Who would your top three Bond's be?
05:18You don't have to include him...
05:19Don't...
05:20Don't worry about...
05:21Upcoming?
05:22I was gonna ask you guys...
05:23Who your favorite...
05:24Existing Bond's were...
05:25I kind of feel like...
05:26We should...
05:27Maybe...
05:28Call it...
05:29And...
05:30We've done Bond...
05:31And we're good there...
05:32But...
05:33Oh...
05:34You killed...
05:35You just killed him...
05:36You're a stupid man...
05:37I know...
05:38He gets to retire...
05:39Wow...
05:40And rest...
05:41So you're more...
05:42Yeah...
05:43You're...
05:44Villainous...
05:45Villainous...
05:45You're responsible...
05:46I suppose so...
05:47You just killed him...
05:48Have you been asked a million times...
05:49Who you think the next Bond should be?
05:50Massively...
05:51I mean...
05:52It's...
05:53It's...
05:54Uh...
05:55Because I think they know that the answer is that I want it to be...
05:59Me...
06:00And Guz...
06:01As a double act...
06:02I think that's one thing we haven't tried...
06:03Who would...
06:04Who would do what?
06:05Like how are you...
06:05I'd drive all of the fast cars...
06:07Hang around with all the incredibly beautiful women...
06:09Yeah...
06:10And then you can go and risk your life mate...
06:11Crack on...
06:12You...
06:13You crack on...
06:14That's how we script this...
06:15Manual labour...
06:16Let's face it...
06:17He'll be doing the heavy lifting...
06:18I'll be doing the suave kind of...
06:20Cool thing...
06:21But you know what's interesting...
06:22Uh...
06:23Idris...
06:24He's not going undercover in those shoes...
06:25Is he?
06:26Let's face it...
06:27He's not gonna...
06:28He's not gonna blend in...
06:29He's a distraction...
06:30You need someone to decoy...
06:31Very important...
06:32In the world of espionage...
06:33But no...
06:34Idris Elba's name has been thrown into it...
06:35So many times...
06:36And if you ask me personally...
06:37I think Idris Elba's too cool...
06:40For the role...
06:41I think he's an incredible performer...
06:42He's Idris in his own right...
06:43So why do...
06:44Like you said...
06:45Why do you need Bond...
06:47To be attached to a name like his...
06:49He has his own...
06:50He's brilliant in his own way...
06:51You know...
06:52So yeah...
06:53I mean you killed Bond...
06:54Not me...
06:55That was you...
06:56What's the...
06:55Craziest stunt...
06:56You've done...
06:57Like...
06:58Do you have...
06:59Crazy stunt...
07:00Yeah...
07:01Do you have that in your resume?
07:02Yeah...
07:03The craziest stunt...
07:04I've done...
07:05Guys...
07:05You've got anything up your sleeve...
07:06I've got...
07:07I've got an incredible one...
07:08I was asked to recreate a stunt from Home Alone...
07:10And...
07:11And...
07:12It's where he walks through a door...
07:14And there's a blowtorch...
07:15That burns the top...
07:16Do you remember that?
07:17The Joe Pesci moment...
07:18Yeah...
07:19The Joe Pesci moment...
07:20Wow...
07:20James Acaster recreating this moment...
07:21Everyone's excited...
07:22Like...
07:23Yeah...
07:24This is like...
07:251400 degrees...
07:25The Fahrenheit blowtorch...
07:26Because it's really safe...
07:27And I'm like...
07:28You sure it's safe?
07:29He said...
07:30It's really safe...
07:31Did the...
07:30Did the stunt once...
07:31Was safe...
07:32Did the stunt again...
07:33Kinda safe...
07:34Director said...
07:35Can we do it for a third time?
07:37And I said...
07:38Probably not...
07:39Doesn't really feel safe anymore...
07:40Or did it...
07:41Lost half of my eyebrow...
07:43And eyelashes...
07:44So that's kind of...
07:45The most...
07:46Scary stunt...
07:47That I've ever done...
07:48Well they grew back...
07:49Is that painting...
07:50What are you doing?
07:51This eyebrow...
07:52Which one was it?
07:53Yeah...
07:54I went to Turkey...
07:55Got a transplant...
07:56Amazing work...
07:55They could do these days...
07:56Over there...
07:57What did you buy yourselves...
07:58With your first...
07:59Like...
08:00Paycheck...
08:01Business...
08:02Like the first job...
08:03I'm gonna treat myself...
08:05What'd you get?
08:06It wasn't for me...
08:07I bought a...
08:08Recar...
08:09A bright orange...
08:10Recar...
08:10Incaro...
08:11Car seat...
08:12For Safiya Khan...
08:13Who's my first baby...
08:14So my...
08:15Daughter...
08:16She didn't even need it...
08:17And she didn't really fit in it...
08:18But I thought it looked really cool...
08:19So...
08:20You bought a raising...
08:20Racing car baby seat...
08:21That's right...
08:22That's right...
08:23Bad man...
08:24I still have it...
08:25I do...
08:26Yeah...
08:25I said...
08:26Wow...
08:27I...
08:28Still haven't spent that money...
08:29I'm a saver...
08:30I'm a nerd...
08:31I don't spend money...
08:32Shrewd...
08:33He's a shrewd boy...
08:34He's a shrewd boy...
08:35Collect the pennies...
08:36You're gonna get the last laugh though...
08:37When we all...
08:38Thank you...
08:39Go broke...
08:40What...
08:41What...
08:42What...
08:43Is...
08:44A note...
08:45You never wanna hear...
08:45Like...
08:46On set...
08:47On set...
08:48You know what...
08:49Something I find annoying...
08:50Sometimes when people come up to you and go...
08:53You know...
08:54You know how...
08:55You did that scene in that other film you did...
08:57It's like...
08:58What are you doing?
08:59I'm not thinking about that...
09:00Right now...
09:01I mean...
09:02I barely watched the thing that I did anyway in the first place...
09:04Um...
09:05And it...
09:05Just very much like...
09:06Takes you out...
09:07Of the...
09:08Thing...
09:09Um...
09:10Oh...
09:11Another thing I've had a lot is...
09:12Stop blinking...
09:13Yeah...
09:14You blink a lot...
09:15Yeah...
09:16You get blinking...
09:17Yeah...
09:18But wait a minute...
09:19Now I'm holding it...
09:20Now you're...
09:21Now if I hold it for this long...
09:20When I carry on this conversation...
09:21Here we are just talking...
09:22Does it feel weird that I haven't blinked?
09:24Yeah...
09:25That I haven't blinked?
09:25It feels weird right?
09:26It feels weird...
09:27And my eyes are completely misted over...
09:28So what I do with this director...
09:29I...
09:30If I carry on talking like this right now...
09:31I can't see you anymore...
09:32You're just like mush and colours...
09:34And then...
09:35Do the whole thing like this...
09:36Everything...
09:37Is that...
09:38Yeah...
09:39Okay...
09:40So...
09:41It's very...
09:40Yeah...
09:41But I got that note...
09:42I weirdly took it...
09:43You've been listening to directors too much...
09:44I...
09:45My...
09:45My worst note...
09:46By far...
09:47And it's on almost every project that I do...
09:50Shut up...
09:51Yeah...
09:52Or someone taps me on the shoulder...
09:53And says...
09:54Excuse me...
09:55Can you...
09:55Do the words...
09:56On the page this time...
09:58Please...
09:59Hate that note...
10:00Hate...
10:00Hate that...
10:01No...
10:02Hate that...
10:03Excuse me...
10:04Can you do these words in sequence guys?
10:05No I can't...
10:06No I can't...
10:07No I can't...
10:08I said it how I said it...
10:09Good night...
10:10Cut...
10:11I've been sacked from a lot of jobs...
10:13Question...
10:14Do you have any...
10:15Inns or outs?
10:16I think out with just social media...
10:18It's too much...
10:20I think we've all played that...
10:22Video game...
10:23Doesn't end...
10:24I'll just...
10:25One up it mate...
10:26I'll say...
10:27Just out with the internet...
10:28You really need it...
10:30People used to...
10:31Right...
10:32Well...
10:33Listen I'm sorry...
10:34Because it is your career...
10:35Especially if no one sees this...
10:36Yeah...
10:37And it's just for us...
10:38Just us in the moment...
10:39That's what we love...
10:40This...
10:41Guys...
10:42Wouldn't that be special?
10:43Probably not special...
10:44But you know what I mean...
10:45Like...
10:46These tapes...
10:45Delete these tapes...
10:46This is just...
10:47This was just for us...
10:48Tonight...
10:50The video is going to be set...
10:52Just during the vid...
10:53Here...
10:54I guess we've played by...
10:55The video has been called...
10:56The beach...
10:57The beach lives...
10:58The beach...
10:59Below...
11:00The beach...
11:01It's just like some of its than...
11:02Which is a...
11:03You know...
11:04Which is...
11:05Here...
11:06That's a point...
11:07Since we've mejored all...
11:08This...
11:09... space...
11:10The beach...
11:11I hear...
11:12...
11:12This is...
11:13Surely...
11:14its center...
11:15...
11:17This is the beach...
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