Thomas Middleditch & O'Shea Jackson Jr. Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

Hi, I'm Thomas Middleditch.

I'm O'Shea Jackson Jr.

[Both] And this is the Wired Autocomplete Interview.

[upbeat rock music]

We got like a buddy cop thing coming out, dude.

AWOL man. AWOL! [laughs]

Is O'Shea Jackson Jr. married?

This is a bit of a class ring

but no, I'm not married.

I'm married to my Playstation.

[laughs] It's really sweet.

Is O'Shea Jackson Jr. single?

No, I'm not single.

I have a girlfriend Danielle,

and the love of my life is

my two-year-old daughter Jordan.

Holla at Dada.

Is O'Shea Jackson Jr. related to Ice Cube?

No.

[laughs] He's my dad,

for like my whole life.

Is O'Shea Jackson Jr. related to 50 Cent?

No, this is a common misunderstanding

cause his last name's Jackson and he's black

that we are related somehow.

But no, I just call 50 Cent Uncle Curtis

to play off the Jackson thing

and he's crazy, he knows that I think he's crazy.

[laughs] That's weird. He's a good guy though.

He sent me an email like, raving about you, so.

[both laugh]

Crazy Uncle Curtis.

Is Thomas Middleditch vegan?

Let's call it aspiring.

You know, no one wants 100 percent.

Is Thomas Middleditch married?

Yeah, I put a ring on it.

Is Thomas Middleditch... Is Thomas Middleditch?

Is Thomas Middleditch who he says he is?

[O'Shea laughs]

Is Thomas Middleditch Jewish?

I get this a lot.

Really?

From Jewish people.

They're like, oh you're Jewish.

I'm like, why would you say that?

And then I have to make them be antisemitic.

[O'Shea laughs]

No, just joking.

I'm not, though.

What does Godzilla roar sound like?

Kinda like scraping,

like when you pull a chair in a desk

in a loud auditorium.

It like, ends with a [imitates roar].

Yeah. Like it adds like,

sounds like you're dragging a desk and chair.

It's got a bit of the bram,

the Hollywood [makes bram noise]

Yeah, you gotta have some bass in there.

And like, a little bit of like Paul Lynde,

Paul Lynde's laugh.

You know, the center of Hollywood Squares?

Old guys are watching this, right?

[O'Shea laughs]

Why does Godzilla attack cities?

He doesn't attack cities,

he attacks monsters and the cities just happen

to be around him.

Superman attacks enemies

and the buildings are just in the way

and they fall down.

You don't say Superman attacks cities.

It's collateral, starring...

The two guys that are in Collateral.

[O'Shea laughs]

Things Godzilla would say

by Thomas Middleditch.

Oh, uh...

Oops, did I do that?

Cause he's a big fan of Family Matters.

Obviously. He would also throw in a

Does anyone have any cheese?

He's like a really big fan of Family Matters.

And then he'd say, Deal with it.

And like gif shades come down. [O'Shea laughs]

Why is Godzilla the king of monster?

ESL?

Well, Godzilla's the king of monsters

because he is the godfather of

all these giant creature movies, you know.

There's references to Godzilla all throughout pop culture.

For my Rugrats fans, Reptar's Godzilla, spoiler alert.

So there's you know, he's just the biggest and baddest

and nobody can mess with him

and to quote Godzilla, King Kong ain't got [beep] on me.

Real talk.

Is Godzilla a kaiju?

Yes, way to that be [beep] last question, like,

is Godzilla a kaiju should've been

the first [beep] thing on there.

But yes, he is.

How much detail can I [beep] go into that?

Alright, alright, yeah, passion, passion.

I'm passionate about my Godzilla.

AI movie Thomas Middleditch.

Oh, I believe they're talking about Sunspring,

which was a movie written entirely by an AI program.

It was given a couple, like a prompt,

like a thing to write about,

and then a bunch of science fiction material

to write in the style of science fiction,

and it is crazy.

Yeah? Yeah it's a short film,

we tried to execute it as if the script was like,

like academy award winning script.

So like we did it verbatim,

we tried to execute the vision,

and it is, it's kooky.

The dialogue is like autocomplete.

It's like a fever dream,

but it's getting better though.

You just said autocomplete in this interview.

[Thomas gasps]

Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz.

What the fuck? Correct, correct.

He, is a Jew.

[O'Shea laughs]

No, he and I do a two-person improv show,

we're touring the nation,

we just did Carnegie Hall, sold out,

Chicago Theater, sold out.

Out here balling.

Yeah yeah, expect it.

Thomas Middleditch Wolf of Wall Street.

God, it was such an opportunity

to work with Martin Scorsese,

little Martin Scorsese. Yeah?

He comes out and he's like [squeaks]

That was great, do it again.

Try something new.

And he goes away, that was it.

That's Martin Scorsese.

Right I mean, I feel that. Yeah.

That sounds like a good director.

Yeah, I shook Leonardo DiCaprio's hand,

he's a dreamboat, my goodness.

Big Ice Cube fan.

The man gets it done, really?

Yeah. Cool.

Maybe like the three of us, like we all hang out.

I mean, I can make it happen.

Really? Yeah.

[both laugh]

Alright man, I'm free.

Thomas Middleditch McDonald's.

With a friend, I made a little rap

cause it was back in the day when McDonald's

had sort of first come out with that like,

ba da da da da,

and it felt very like...

Is it Justin Timberlake, is it not?

Yeah, and it felt like ho ho ho, like

kids like playing basketball, yeah, yeah,

I love McDonald's too,

and it felt so pandery to like,

check it out youth urban culture,

check it out, McDonald's!

[O'Shea laughs]

And I actually made a little short making fun of it

and I put it online and it became viral,

and then McDonald's bought it,

so they bought a parody. Wow.

Thomas Middleditch dog.

You forgot the S, I got two, baby.

Meatloaf, the minpin, and Potter, the street mutt,

and they're both real sweeties.

What is O'Shea Jackson Jr. Snapchat?

Well, O'Shea Jackson Jr. Snapchat doesn't exist just yet.

But O'Shea Jackson Jr.'s Snapchat also doesn't exist yet.

I don't do Snapchat, I think Snapchat is ridiculous.

There's no reason why I should send anybody

videos of me as some sort of dog

or a firetruck or have a crown halo of flowers.

It's just weird.

It's just not for me.

They've got a couple silly filters

that I've been known to use

but yeah, it's pretty stupid.

[O'Shea laughs]

What movies does O'Shea Jackson Jr. play in?

Straight Outta Compton,

Ingrid Goes West,

Den of Thieves,

Long Shot,

and Godzilla King of the Monsters.

I'm also in Just Mercy,

and me and your mother have a lovely movie.

Was O'Shea Jackson Jr. in the military?

Oh, no, oh no.

I definitely wasn't.

I appreciate everybody who makes that sacrifice

to join the military

and to make sure that I'm able

to do the things that I love to do in my life.

Everybody who takes that sacrifice

and signs up should be treated like a hero

when they return home.

Was O'Shea Jackson Jr. a marine?

Kind of a little bit redundant at that point.

No, I uh, no.

See the previous question.

Where does Thomas Middleditch get his

groove? Live?

Where does Thomas Middleditch live?

Here, in beautiful sunny California.

At an address that's none of your goddamn business.

That's fair.

Trust me, it's gated.

[O'Shea laughs] No, it's not.

[both laugh]

Where is Thomas Middleditch heading with his career?

Oh, from.

Canada, British Columbia Canada.

Okay. Can Thomas Middleditch

read and write?

Oh, program.

Can Thomas Middleditch program?

Look, if you need a basic website

yeah, I can handle a little html

Ooh. As long as I, you know,

am able to look at some tutorials.

What is Thomas Middleditch thinking?

What is Thomas Middleditch Twitch handle?

It was @middleditch but I'm not sure if Twitch is for me.

It's a bit weird playing video games

and then being like thanks for the ten bucks, teenager.

Like they're like, giving you money.

Feels weird.

You're a bad man.

Does O'Shea Jackson Jr. sing in Straight Outta Compton?

I'm not a singer, I do rap and get down.

So no, definitely not singing.

Singing is an entirely different thing.

Singing's for me. [vocalizes]

So I do that in Straight Outta Compton, yeah.

Does O'Shea Jackson Jr. have any tattoos?

I do not, I don't even have my ears pierced.

I feel like when God sees me he's gonna be like,

That's him.

And you know, he's gonna bring me right in.

Sometimes when you have too many tattoos

it just says like, I can only have one type of job

and nothing else.

[both laugh]

Does O'Shea Jackson Jr. rap?

Uh, I used to when I was younger.

I ghost write here and there.

But I definitely want to be known for my acting

because I figure that nobody wants to see Superman

throw hundred-dollar bills at a girl.

That's just weird.

Just makes it awkward.

I just don't think Disney would like me.

[both laugh] You know?

And they typecast rappers.

It's just how it is, it's unfair.

Well a rapper could play

a rapper... [O'Shea laughs]

Some sort of music producer,

A producer, exactly.

A very powerful music producer.

Asking what movies was I in

is a good way to start my career.

It makes me know that y'all care.

When you see me in the streets,

holla atcha man

and no applause, just say my name.

Um, same.

[laughter]