I'm Idris Elba.

Matthew McConaughey.

And we're doing the auto complete, the wired

auto complete. wired

auto complete interview.

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So, basically what it is, oh, you know what it is.

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Taa-dah.

[Matthew] Where is Idris Elba right now?

Idris Elba right now is in New York.

[Matthew] Where is Idris Elba from.

Ah, London, East London, I'm a Hackney boy.

Born? Born.

Well, I actually was born in Forest Gate Hospital.

[Matthew] Where is Idris Elba djing?

What? (laughs)

Where is Idris Elba DJ-ing? DJ-ing.

Where are you djing man?

You know where I djing.

(cross talk drowns out Matthew)

Yesterday I was DJ-ing in Derbyshire.

Where is this?

In Derbyshire, England.

[Matthew] Where did you go to school?

I went to Barking College of Technology to study drama.

Matthew McConaughey, that is I.

Where was Matthew McConaughey born?

Uvalde, Texas, we moved out

when the first Wendies moved in.

Where did Matthew McConaughey get alright?

Oh, where did he get alright.

Get alright Alright, alright.

First film I'm ever on, Dazed and Confused,

I'm in the car, about to do my first scene ever on film,

it's non-scripted and it was the scene that's in the movie

where Wooderson is hanging out in front of the pool hall,

girls walk by, he reaches over, slaps one on the backside,

his buddy says you've got to cut that out

or your gonna go to jail and he steps forward and says

no, man, that's what I love about those high school girls,

I get older, but they stay the same age,

so, that line, I'm like who is this guy, right.

So, I'm like what am I about, what am I about to myself.

And all of a sudden, I hear action.

And I look up and I look at Marissa Ribisi across the way,

and to myself and I go,

the fourth thing Wooderson is about is picking up chicks,

alright, alright, alright.

(laughter drowns out speech)

First words I ever said on screen.

[Idris] Where is Matthew McConaughey now?

Same place Idris Elba was five minutes ago.

Did you just call me Idris Elbow?

No, no, no (laughs)

I love being called Idris Elbow.

Where is Matthew McConaughey's house?

As we know, home is kind of wherever our hat is hanging,

tonight it's in New York city.

Is Idris Elba --

Left handed.

Idris Elba is not left handed.

That's one of the questions you guys

are curious about on the internet?

Are you knighted?

No, I'm not knighted, but I do have what is called

an OBE after my name.

[Matthew] Is Idris Elba in the office?

I was in a season arc in the American Office, yes.

[Matthew] Is Idris Elba in a relationship?

Yes.

Great answer. Is Idris Elba related to Jessica Elba?

Jessica is Alba Is Alba.

No, but Jessica is super fly.

Is Matthew McConaughey.

[Idris] Is Matthew McConaughey got any bongos, what?

No, just joking, it says

is Matthew McConaughey Heaps of 'em,

hundreds of 'em, am I married, yes I am.

Boom, a professor?

Well, I did teach a class, created a class

at University of Texas, so (chuckles)

That's very impressive, I did not know that, man.

A cavs fan?

More of a cavs fan now because of my last job

before it was in Cleveland, so I got to hang out

with the whole team a little bit,

but mainly I grew up a Houston Rockets fan.

So, you jumped ship?

No, I didn't jump ship. That's awkward man.

I didn't go Arsenal, Chelsea, you know (laughter).

[Idris] Is Matthew McConaughey related to Woody Harrelson?

Oh, jeez, in another life, I think so.

Brother from another mother.

One of the last great wild men to ever walk this earth.

What does Idris Elba look like.

This is what I look like in real life.

[Matthew] What's your tattoo say, man?

I have like nine tattoos.

This is a black star and a lion's face inside of it

and I'm half Ghanaian and half Sierra Leonian,

and Ghana, they have a black star on their flag

and in Sierra Leone, they have a lion.

[Matthew] What does Idris Elba mean?

Idris Elba doesn't mean anything, it's just my name.

My real name is actually Idrissa Akuna Elba,

and that still doesn't mean anything, so.

What kind of coat does Idris Elba wear in Luther?

Ah, it's a sort of P coat, long thing

made out of really beautiful wool

and they discontinued it apparently, so.

You got that one?

I do, yeah, yeah, I got it.

[Matthew] What football team does Idris Elba support?

I am a Gunner, a Gunner is someone that supports Arsenal.

Does Matthew McConaughey get free Lincolns?

(laughs)

Yes, great question.

[Idris] Wear contacts?

No.

Those are your blue eyes baby.

These are mine, babe.

[Idris] Live in New Orleans?

We do not own a home there,

but it's one of my favorite cities in the world.

Absolutely.

That's a good question ladies and gentlemen.

No, what does Matthew McConaughey eat?

Tuna fish salad man.

I'll go to nice restaurants and they announce,

no, no, we have a beautiful piece of tuna,

and I was like, no, I want the tuna fish salad please.

Is that it, okay.

Listen, fantastic, thanks for those questions.

As bizarre as some of them are, but, you know what I mean,

it's nice to know what you're asking and we love you.

See you August fourth in the teatros.