Jul 1, 2025 · 1:05:14

Idris Elba on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

with IE Idris Elba

The Hang, in Short

John Cena opens his intro by casually announcing he's drinking his own urine because he's "going through a Howard Hughes phase," which is extremely normal behavior for a Good Hang check-in. He's there to hype Idris Elba, his costar from The Suicide Squad and their upcoming buddy comedy Heads of State (on Amazon). Cena calls Idris an actual robot who'll work a full day on set, then fly to Vegas to DJ all night, then fly back to work the next morning, then hit the studio to make music. An AM and PM life. They bonded on Sisters back in the day when Cena played a tattooed Pazuzu and basically got a 15-year vacation. The question Cena wants Amy to ask: what keeps Idris so driven after coming from such humble beginnings (former automotive assembly line worker, New York club door guy)? Also, Cena's Boston accent is gone despite being from West Newbury, and he's wearing an absolutely unhinged houndstooth jacket.

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  1. 0:00

    Hi everyone, welcome to another episode

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    of Good Hang. I'm very excited about our

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    guest today. It is Idris Elba. Idris is

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    in studio and we're going to talk about

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    a lot of great stuff. We're going to

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    talk about growing up in the 80s. We're

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    going to talk about Stringer Bell, of

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    course. We're going to talk about um

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    cringe comedy. He's going to try to

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    convince me to go to aa. Um so, uh

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    there's going to be a lot of fun to be

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    had. And uh we always start our podcasts

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    uh the same way. We ask somebody who

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    knows our guest to zoom in and give us a

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    question so um they can kind of help me

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    get to know them. And we have a real big

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    star zooming in today. It is John Cena.

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    John,

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    look at your suit. You look so nice. Can

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    you hear me?

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    This episode of Good Hang is presented

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    by Walmart uh school supplies. We all

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    remember getting them. I remember

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    Trapper Keepers and so many colored

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    pens, but now I'm sure there's a million

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