Thomas Middleditch and O'Shea Jackson Jr. Take a Lie Detector Test | Vanity Fair

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Thomas?
Yes.
Okay.
Yeah.
We brought you here today to take a lie detector test.
Please.
Our relationship needs this.
One of you will be taking the test while the other interviews.
Okay, Then we'll have you switch.
So who wants to be in the hot seat first?
Yes, I've been doing push ups.
You know he tried to give me that cold.
You try and give me the interrogator.
Is your name Thomas Stephen Middle?
Yes.
Are you 37 years old?
Yes.
Allegedly.
Both of your parents.
They're British, Correct?
Yes.
Can you do a convincing British accent?
From what region?
Yes, sir.
No, sir.
Yes.
Would you say you're good at accents and impressions?
Yes.
Can you do an impression of me?
Yes.
That's fair.
Did you grow up in British Columbia?
Yes.
We'll have to hear this impression of me that you think you could do still a high upon the impression thing.
Okay.
Fair.
Um, I don't see what's funny.
You're right.
Sorry.
No idea.
Um uh oh.
Sounded just like Yeah, I got you.
Would you say you're a proud Canadian?
Yeah.
You speak French way described me in French too, and hum a t o uh, Jambo.
May two.
Unit by Anna.
Sounded like the end.
Where was he?
Was the most French thing about you?
Uh, my big ass knows.
So it's a Roman notes.
Okay.
Are Canadians better people than Americans?
No.
Well, that's good to know.
Have you ever met Justin Trudeau?
You giving me this A photo?
As if I wouldn't know who the hell the greatest prime minister of all time is.
J.
K.
He's not.
Oh, like every other prime minister full of broken promises.
He said he's about the environment.
Guys, that has.
That's cool.
You do push ups.
You know about math.
That's cool about that.
Would you want him as your president?
Yeah.
Would you consider yourself a geek?
Yeah.
I don't like labels.
Do you think going to Renaissance fairs is the geekiest thing about you know?
Then what is?
I thought they just yes or no question.
Well, this being a geek help you with the ladies?
Yeah.
You tell me.
E got one dinner.
Yeah, man, you don't even know what we're up to on a Friday night.
Have you ever played video games for more than 12 hours straight?
Yeah, right?
Yeah.
I'm not an amateur minimum.
One more day.
Minimum your Twitter account?
Yeah.
Middle twitch.
It hasn't been active in two years.
Is that correct?
That's correct.
Is that because you have a private Twitter account?
No.
It's because I didn't like teenage boys making fun of me on the Internet.
They're pretty savage.
So did you think that middle twitch was a clever name?
Middle twitch is the thing that the fans came up with.
I thought was pretty fun.
So it was hash tag.
Middle twitch on.
Oh, well, you ever cyber bullied on twitch?
Yeah.
Yeah, I was.
Look, honestly, I looked over at the dude and, like, he quivered his lip when you said yes.
He said, Like, I wasn't lying about that.
Yeah, he's telling the truth.
Okay.
With the painful realities of being online, who's the best video game player of the cast?
Silicon Valley.
Thank you for reminding me.
Um, look, smells good.
I'm not gonna say he's bad.
He's good, you know, Put it.
Put a console controller console in front of him.
He knows he knows you knows how to work the magic with the controller, but you get me in front of a PC.
Give me that mouse keyboard.
No one can even stand.
Zach doesn't even know what a computer is.
He barely knows how to use his email.
Josh Brener.
You know, he likes musical theater.
Obviously, I'm not saying that that's a reason to not like video games.
That's just that's where he spent his energy.
I feel that.
So he'll beat me on the musical theater.
But I'll be him and just about anything else.
I think you're better than me.
PC?
That's the consul.
No, thank you.
Yeah, well, PlayStation, I said piece in place.
Okay.
So, yeah, I love my job Isn't true.
You started a McDonald's commercial when you were younger.
Yes.
Be honest.
Have you ever ordered a very possible I don't think if I when I was eating McDonald's was not after the flight fish.
Now, I don't like a rare occasion, maybe three in my life.
Yeah, I probably have probably come say Yeah, You've been an improviser for many years, Correct?
Correct?
Yes.
Have you ever considered getting a tattoo that says yes?
Oh.
Huh?
Ah, that is inside baseball.
Yes, and yes.
I mean, no, don't do tattoos.
I mean, not on my body on anyone else's.
Sure, I think looks cool, but I'm not cool.
Tattoo somebody else's body.
Yes, I if they really want you to want me too.
Sure.
It would be a tremendous mistake.
I don't know how to do it.
Could you improvise a Godzilla impression right now?
Yeah, sure.
Do it.
I mean, we're being taped.
Oh, I didn't see the cameras.
Okay.
Um, you're a little flat.
Yeah.
You think I would be good at improv?
Yeah.
Thank you for thinking highly of you audition for SNL, Correct?
Yes.
But you didn't get in?
No.
Do you think Lauren made a mistake?
Not picking you?
No.
Is there a cast member on SNL right now that you believe you're funnier than you've worked with a lot of funny people your career.
Is that correct?
Yes.
I think you're funnier than Zach Woods.
No.
You think you're funnier than Come on now?
He's one of the people in the world.
Do you think I'd make a good addition to Silicon Valley?
Racist?
Have you watched all of the gods?
Let me finish No eyes.
You're black.
You got it, baby.
Have you washed all the guns in the movies?
No.
Are you afraid of the gods in the fandom?
Uh, yes.
You think God's looking be the Avengers And a fight?
No.
Recently recently get married, right?
Yeah.
I mean, four years ago.
I guess that's recent.
All these old Think your wife made a good choice?
Absolutely not.
She's regretting it every single day of your life.
Would you say that you live by the motto Happy wife.
Happy life.
Absolutely not.
Before you were married, did you ever have dating APS?
Yeah, You on tinder.
What would be your bio here to have fun.
Let's get silly.
Do you know I have a two year old daughter?
No.
Nice.
Would you ever be down to baby sit?
Absolutely not.
Do you think you would be a good father?
Yeah.
Do you think you're a good father to your dog?
Yes.
Is being a dog father the same as being a real father s new at any point in this interview did you lie and we didn't catch it?
I don't think so.
I think I was an honest Abe.
It's so cold.
This that's lie detectors for you.
always said you should be my cash.
My name is Thomas Middleditch.
Um, with the LAPD.
Oh.
Well, that's terrible news for me.
Yeah, I'm a detective, and I've been undercover for a long time.
Okay, cool.
Is your name Moshe Gesture?
Yes.
28 years old?
Yeah.
Are you ready to take a lie detector test?
No.
All right, let's go.
Let's begin.
Shall we?
Did you go to high school at Howard Taft High School?
Yeah.
Did your father Ice Cube also attended high school?
That's true.
Yes.
Do you think was more popular at school?
You were your father?
Uh, by far.
Me cool.
That's actually pretty cool.
Hey, do you think only popular?
Because I was his son.
You made the way.
He was Jose's son.
You know, it just doesn't have the same ring as ice keeps up.
Do you think we would've been friends if we were in high school together?
For sure, for sure.
Uh hey, you attended the University of Southern California?
Yeah.
Is it true you took your acceptance letter to all your ex girlfriends?
Oh, yeah.
And teachers?
Yeah, I took it to teachers I didn't like included.
You think they were friends.
Oh, probably the ex girlfriends didn't really matter is just to show them that they were.
They make poor decisions.
That's cool.
You do You think I could have gotten into you?
See?
Yeah, It's sort of anybody I see you is pretty smart.
Okay, people, a student at best.
Okay, that's enough to get it.
Nothing.
Would you say you're a fan of your father's music?
Yeah.
Can you name five of his songs in 10 seconds?
A good day.
Check yourself on.
Lee won me Friday Player's Club.
Do you think has better game with the ladies?
Oh, me.
What about me or you don't You don't mind.
I've had a lot of second, Dad.
I have something like that ever I want because I'm married.
My dad.
Okay, Like any time.
Unless she's not the move, which is a lot.
All right.
You have a two year old daughter, correct?
Yes.
Are you gonna let her watch Godzilla?
Of course.
Have you ever wrapped her to sleep?
Wrapped her to sleep?
No, no, no, no.
Rapid stage.
Yeah.
Um, do you think there's so many Father?
Basically, Yeah, I think I would be a good, Daddy.
Yes.
Okay.
What about good rapper for gratis rap?
Pissed.
So Yeah, that's true.
No, I don't think you'd be a good rapper.
Agreed.
Okay.
You were born in the 19 nineties.
Yeah.
Would you consider self a millennial?
I mean by the numbers, I guess.
But like I that word usually is a bad word for some reason.
Okay.
Yeah, but what you consider me?
Yes.
Do you know how many Instagram followers you have?
1.2 million.
That's my guy.
Not anymore.
I've had you know, I haven't been in my Instagram for over a year.
And during that time, I got a serious girlfriend and I'm a dad now.
I got responsibilities.
Scalawag.
Have you ever slid into a celebrity?
Oh, yeah, I get that.
You have me.
What?
You know, you have to You have to At least you got to shoot your shot.
Go for Wayne Gretzky.
Have you ever been on dating apps?
No.
So you have been on, right?
No, I don't know what that is.
You have been a surrender.
What?
No, it's a thriving, really.
I know.
I missed it.
I got married just just before that.
I've seen somebody making account of me on tender.
That's cool.
I mean, not really, but, you know, it's cool.
Okay.
Would you be upset if I found out that was me?
No, I mean it be weird, you know, a while ago.
All right, Um, now I do improv, improv professor comedy, and a few of your co stars are big improvisers.
Would you say I'm a better improvising?
There's obvious, my girl?
No.
Okay.
Okay.
I can't.
Okay.
What you accuse you doesn't really perform all that regularly.
No, you're Yeah, it's funny.
You don't get me wrong.
So funny, but she doesn't really like perform like When's your next show?
It's Tuesday.
So what about, um, Seth Rogan?
Are you better than Sepp Just, hasn't it?
Yes.
Your final game.
Oh, yeah.
Do you like season it?
Yeah, she likes it.
No.
If you could play one role in game of Thrones, would you play?
You gotta be Jon Snow.
You have to be Johnson.
Do you think you could play a convincing?
No.
Okay.
Okay.
Next subject.
Sporting events.
Oh, Are you a Lakers fan?
Yes.
Why?
Do you think the Lakers suck right now?
Well, I feel like our training staff was to blame for most of it.
You know, LeBron missing the most games that he's ever missed in a season in his career, on top of space jam to, uh, you know, there's a number of things that go into the Lakers terrible season last year, and it's looking bad.
I've never been this worried.
As do you think, Um, Kobe Bryant could beat.
That's a picture of my hands down.
Do you think he could be Has that LeBron James has one on Kobe Bryant has had my back for 20 years.
I just met LeBron LeBron James is an amazing basketball player, but I gotta go.
Kobe Bryant Bryant.
Uh, I have Kobe inks.
Email has Kobe and covers 20 years.
Yeah.
Do you think it was directly?
Oh, yeah, for sure.
He had to do a video for my father for his birthday.
I got a bunch of stars to do video evidence.
Okay.
Your first major talky was straight out of Compton second.
No.
Did you feel prepared?
Going?
Um, no, I was super nervous, but, you know, I prevailed.
Was it strange for training?
Yes, it definitely.
Uh, I have my feelings about it.
I was worried about it.
You know, when your son tryingto move me on, you know, your father's shadow, and then your first movie after you look just like him is playing him it Sze pretty r And then over time I just realized that that shadow B s is not really, you know, he didn't do all this for me to not be known as his son, you know?
So that was just about me making a name for myself, but that that shadow B s was just driving crazy.
Did he ever in between takes lean over and whisper in your ear?
You're doing, you know?
Okay, he, uh he he was super Gibby.
He loved it.
Now you're not only an actor, but a rapper or rapist, correct?
No, no.
I mean, I used to be okay, but used as a rooster that don't grow no more.
And, uh, that's what I was, like, 18.
Okay, I don't know what to do in my life.
And it was like either I could rap play.
I can't join the Lakers no more.
So it was either that or sell my ass, and I just couldn't do that.
Okay, so you never know.
I mean, in these movies, maybe.
Okay, so there is a film about a man who sells his ass so that it was a good roll top billing number.
Where the call sheet number one on the call sheet.
Listen to me.
Okay.
All right.
Because I got a script, Okay?
It's called ass Seller.
It's a little on the nose that we could work for the title.
Andy needs young, sassy Ellie.
Sorry.
He reaches hard times.
You've got to What?
Sells?
Yeah.
Cool.
It's a miniseries.
Any not.
I'm straight.
Thank you, bro.
Um, your brother Daryl or drill is also a way all we both used to be.
Okay, So it's when you did, right?
Yes.
Who was the better rapper Demon or you owe me, man.
Yeah.
I've gotta have confidence in me.
Everything I do, I gotta have confidence.
And who is the best rapper outside?
Oh, in the family.
It's gonna be me.
Okay, So it's Ice Cube.
You in the family?
Yeah.
I mean, yeah, my dad's untouchable in music, man.
It's just no way to get back for sure.
No way to get around it.
So, like, yeah, I got to take that silver medal.
Uh, at any point in the interview, did you lie and we didn't catch it?
Probably.
Oh, that was a live in it.