Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Man on Fire)
5/4/202635 min
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II talks Man on Fire.
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First 90 secondsYahya Abdul-Mateen II· Guest0:00
I'm the youngest.
Krista Smith· Host0:01
You're the baby.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II· Guest0:02
Yeah.
Krista Smith· Host0:03
Oh my God. [laughs] This is so good.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II· Guest0:05
I'm the youngest. You're the baby.
Krista Smith· Host0:06
Oh.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II· Guest0:06
I'm the youngest.
Krista Smith· Host0:07
Yes.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II· Guest0:08
[laughs] [laughs] [funky music] But he won't even- Hey, hey, hey, hey. Okay. Hey. Okay, just be cool. Be cool. Okay? I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm reaching for the wallet. [gasps] [speaking foreign language] Okay, I'm reaching for the wallet. [speaking foreign language] [gasps] [dramatic music] [grunts] Oh, oh. Oh.
Krista Smith· Host0:40
[sighs] Yahya, it's great to see you again.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II· Guest0:44
It's good to see you also.
Krista Smith· Host0:45
Uh, I was just reminiscing with you. It's been, like, 10 years. It feels like it's been the most productive 10 years, uh, since I first saw you basically on screen in The Get Down- Mm ... which was actually on Netflix, so it's nice to have you back at Netflix.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II· Guest1:02
It's good to be back. Yeah.
Krista Smith· Host1:03
Yeah. What do you remember about that time for you? That was Baz Luhrmann. It was this big show.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II· Guest1:10
Yeah.
Krista Smith· Host1:10
It was a period piece, and it was your first time, I think, on camera, right? Or- It was my first job, yeah.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II· Guest1:17
My first, my first job on camera, for sure.
Krista Smith· Host1:20
Wow.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II· Guest1:20
I was, like, 10 days out of school when I was filming my first, that first big disco scene. That was, uh... I was