1 00:00:02,902 --> 00:00:04,304 >>> WE ARE BACK. 2 00:00:04,304 --> 00:00:09,342 IT IS 8:41 AND WE HAVE AWARD WINNING ACTOR IDRIS ELBA WITH 3 00:00:09,342 --> 00:00:14,314 US. >> STAR OF A NEW MOVIE, CONCRETE 4 00:00:14,314 --> 00:00:16,583 COWBOY." AS THE NETFLIX FILM OUTTOMORROW. 5 00:00:16,583 --> 00:00:21,454 >> IDRIS PLAYS APP URBAN COWBOY IN PHILLY TRYING TO RECONNECT 6 00:00:21,454 --> 00:00:24,424 WITH HIS ESTRANGED SON UNEXPECTEDLY SENT TO LIVE WITH 7 00:00:24,424 --> 00:00:25,892 HIM AFTER REPEATED TROUBLE IN SCHOOL. 8 00:00:25,892 --> 00:00:29,029 TAKE A LOOK. >> BEFORE I'D WENT AWAY, I ASKED 9 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:36,870 YOUR MAMA, LET ME NAME MY SON. CAN I NAME HIM? 10 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:47,881 JUST GIVE ME THAT. SO I CALLED YOU COLTRAIN. 11 00:00:47,881 --> 00:00:49,516 >> SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THIS MORNING. 12 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:52,085 >> GREAT TO SEE YOU. >> GREAT TO SEE -- IS IT TRUE 13 00:00:52,085 --> 00:00:56,656 YOU GOT THE SCRIPT ON THE PLANE. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 14 00:00:56,656 --> 00:01:01,061 SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SING THIS SONG THAT WE DISCUSSED. 15 00:01:01,061 --> 00:01:04,531 YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING, THANK YOU. HERE WE GO. 16 00:01:04,531 --> 00:01:13,940 >> GO AHEAD. * APRIL FOOLS -- 17 00:01:13,940 --> 00:01:15,909 >> WELL PLAYED. WE GOT GOT. 18 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:19,746 >> WAITING FOR SOME MAGIC. BUT WAIT YOU DO HAVE A GUITAR, 19 00:01:19,746 --> 00:01:23,450 SO I BET YOU ACTUALLY CAN SING. >> WELL I WOULDN'T SAY I WAS A 20 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:25,685 SINGER, BUT I DO DABBLE. >> WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 21 00:01:25,685 --> 00:01:28,855 THAT SIDE HUSTLE. I KNOW YOU D.J. AND YOU DO SOME 22 00:01:28,855 --> 00:01:31,591 RAPPING BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SCRIPT FOR A SECOND. 23 00:01:31,591 --> 00:01:35,495 IS IT TRUE YOU GOT ON THE PLANE, HAD THE SCRIPT IN YOUR HAND AND 24 00:01:35,495 --> 00:01:37,997 BY THE TIME YOU LANDED YOU WERE LIKE I GOT TO DO THAT PART. 25 00:01:37,997 --> 00:01:42,102 >> THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE TRUTH. YOU KNOW, IN ACTUALITY THE TRUTH 26 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:45,205 IS THAT I WAS ASKED TO BE A PRODUCER ON THE FILM BEFORE 27 00:01:45,205 --> 00:01:49,109 BEING AN ACTOR. AND I READ THAT SCRIPT ON A 28 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:52,445 FLIGHT AND AS SOON AS I LANDED, I SAID WE HAVE TO DO THIS. 29 00:01:52,445 --> 00:01:56,282 YOU KNOW, IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL STORY, THERE IS SO MUCH COMMON 30 00:01:56,282 --> 00:02:01,187 TRUTH. EVEN THOUGH IT IS A STORY ABOUT 31 00:02:01,187 --> 00:02:05,425 STABLES AND PEOPLE WE MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN EXIST, BUT I REALLY 32 00:02:05,425 --> 00:02:08,628 GOT TOUCHED BY THE STORY. AND SIGNED ON IMMEDIATELY, YEAH. 33 00:02:08,628 --> 00:02:12,499 >> WAIT, SO YOU WERE SIGNED ON AS PRODUCER AND YOU ARE LIKE I 34 00:02:12,499 --> 00:02:15,835 KNOW SOMEONE PERFECT FOR THE LEAD ROLE OF THE FATHER. 35 00:02:15,835 --> 00:02:19,739 >> WELL NO, I DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY ANYTHING TO DO. 36 00:02:19,739 --> 00:02:23,076 BECAUSE IE ALLERGIC TO HORSES. SO I WAS LIKE SOMEONE ELSE CAN 37 00:02:23,076 --> 00:02:24,711 HAVE THAT. I'M GOOD. 38 00:02:24,711 --> 00:02:28,214 BUT I WANT TO MAKE THIS FILM. AND THEN EVENTUALLY I GOT 39 00:02:28,214 --> 00:02:31,985 INVOLVED. SO I TOOK SOME ANTI-HISTAMINES. 40 00:02:31,985 --> 00:02:33,720 >> OKAY. I WAS LIKE WELL WAIT NOW WE HAVE 41 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:39,826 TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. HOW DID YOU OVERCOME YOUR ALGE 42 00:02:39,826 --> 00:02:42,328 ALLERGY TO HORSES? >> LOT OF SHOTS I'VE GOT MASK 43 00:02:42,328 --> 00:02:48,168 OVER MY MOUTH. IT DOES LOOK COLD BUT TO HIDE MY 44 00:02:48,168 --> 00:02:52,105 RUNNY NOSE. >> IT IS A FASCINATING FILM 45 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:55,108 IDRIS, ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A FATHER AND HIS SON. 46 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:57,811 AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 47 00:02:57,811 --> 00:03:03,583 WHAT SORT OF EXPERIENCES DID YOU DRAW ON FOR THE CHARACTER? 48 00:03:03,583 --> 00:03:08,488 >> IF I'M REALLY HONEST, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY ITSELF 49 00:03:08,488 --> 00:03:13,059 WAS -- GAVE ME AS MUCH EXPERIENCE IN THE STORY TELLING 50 00:03:13,059 --> 00:03:19,199 AND THEIR SHARING WHO THEY ARE, GIVING ME THE HISTORY OF THE 51 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:21,401 COMMUNITY. OBVIOUS LI AS A FATHER AND, YOU 52 00:03:21,401 --> 00:03:25,472 KNOW, MY DAD AND I HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP, I HAVE A GOOD 53 00:03:25,472 --> 00:03:29,209 RELATIONSHIP WITH MY KIDS. THE ASPECT OF MY CHARACTER AND 54 00:03:29,209 --> 00:03:35,281 HIS ESTRANGED SON, YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T ME SO THAT WASN'T 55 00:03:35,281 --> 00:03:38,251 SOMETHING I COULD RELATE TO IN THE SAME WAY BUT, YOU KNOW, 56 00:03:38,251 --> 00:03:41,121 SPEAKING TO SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WE REALLY JUST 57 00:03:41,121 --> 00:03:45,325 PULLED THESE STORIES TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, SO MANY YOUNG MEN HAVE 58 00:03:45,325 --> 00:03:49,763 BEEN SEPARATED BY THEIR FATHERS. AND THEY WERE VERY WILLING TO 59 00:03:49,763 --> 00:03:54,668 SHARE THOSE STORIES OF ME AND WE SORT OF USED THAT TO NURTURE THE 60 00:03:54,668 --> 00:03:55,402 FILM. >> BEAUTIFUL. 61 00:03:55,402 --> 00:03:58,638 IT IS A TERRIFIC FILM. YOU DID START OFF THIS LITTLE 62 00:03:58,638 --> 00:04:08,548 INTERVIEW WITH YOUR DON'T HIDE THAT FROM US. 63 00:04:08,548 --> 00:04:12,052 THAT SONG IS CALLED "COURTNEY COX." 64 00:04:12,052 --> 00:04:14,320 IT'S A GOOD ONE. HOW COME YOU HAVE BEEN KEEPING 65 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,556 THIS A SECRET? >> OH COME ON. 66 00:04:16,556 --> 00:04:20,393 LOOK. I'VE BEEN MAKING MUSIC FOR SO 67 00:04:20,393 --> 00:04:22,328 LONG. AS YOU KNOW A SIDE HUSTLE, IF 68 00:04:22,328 --> 00:04:24,531 YOU LIKE. I LOVE DOING IT. 69 00:04:24,531 --> 00:04:27,334 I'M NOT EMBARRASSED BY IT. BUT IT IS SOMETHING I NEVER 70 00:04:27,334 --> 00:04:29,336 WANTED TO PUSH OUT THERE LIKE THAT. 71 00:04:29,336 --> 00:04:33,073 I LOVE DOING IT FOR FUN. MY DAUGHTER WHO'S 19, YOU KNOW, 72 00:04:33,073 --> 00:04:37,077 SHE'S MY BIGGEST FAN. AND THAT'S ALL I CARE ABOUT. 73 00:04:37,077 --> 00:04:40,246 SHE'S NOT LIKE, DAD, PUT IT AWAY. 74 00:04:40,246 --> 00:04:42,082 STOP. SHE'S LIKE, I LIKE THAT. 75 00:04:42,082 --> 00:04:44,851 GO FOR IT. >> THAT'S GOOD, BECAUSE 76 00:04:44,851 --> 00:04:46,653 TEENAGERS THEY ARE A TOUGH AUDIENCE. 77 00:04:46,653 --> 00:04:50,190 ONE MORE THING TO ASK YOU ABOUT BEFORE YOU GET YOUR GUITAR OUT 78 00:04:50,190 --> 00:04:54,928 AND SING "ON THE ROAD AGAIN" BUT ANYWAY, YOU HAVE THIS INSTAGRAM 79 00:04:54,928 --> 00:04:57,564 PHOTO. YOU CHRIS HEMSWORTH AND MATT 80 00:04:57,564 --> 00:05:02,135 DAMON ALL DRESSED UP AS RUN DMC. WHAT'S THE STORY. 81 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:04,637 >> YOU KNOW THAT GUY TAKING THE PICTURE AND NOT LOOKING AT THE 82 00:05:04,637 --> 00:05:07,707 RIGHT CAMERA? THAT'S ME IN THE MIDDLE. 83 00:05:07,707 --> 00:05:12,545 THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, IN SYDNEY, WE'RE ALL MAKING DIFFERENT 84 00:05:12,545 --> 00:05:17,684 MOVIES. CHRIS IS ON "THOR" AND I WAS ON 85 00:05:17,684 --> 00:05:20,787 "THREE THOUSAND YEARS" AND CHRIS'S BEST FRIEND HAD A 86 00:05:20,787 --> 00:05:23,256 BIRTHDAY PARTY. IFS AFTER FANCY DRESS. 87 00:05:23,256 --> 00:05:25,925 AND SYDNEY AND AUSTRALIA TOOK A REALLY HARD LINE WHEN IT COMES 88 00:05:25,925 --> 00:05:28,261 TO COVID. SO ESSENTIALLY IT IS COVID-FREE. 89 00:05:28,261 --> 00:05:32,732 AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD GONE OUT IN FOREVER. 90 00:05:32,732 --> 00:05:35,502 AND I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS. BUT YOU KNOW, MY BOYS WERE JUST 91 00:05:35,502 --> 00:05:38,805 GIVING ME A HUG THERE, IT'S ALL GOOD. 92 00:05:38,805 --> 00:05:41,775 >> WE WANT TO WISH YOU GREAT LUCK, IDRIS. 93 00:05:41,775 --> 00:05:48,415 THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT WITH US AGAIN. 94 00:05:48,415 --> 00:05:52,585 "CONCRETE COWBOY" BEGINS STREAMING TOMORROW ON NETFLIX. 95 00:05:52,585 --> 00:05:54,854 YOU WANT TO SING? >> I GOT YOU GUYS.