This morning on The Breakfast Club we were joined by the man himself Damson Idris! The actor stopped by the show today after the premiere of the new season of the hit FX show to talk about the return, playing Rich Paul in an upcoming project, that video of him at Saweetie's house that went viral + more!
After DJ Envy inquired on who the young actor would want to play next he expressed that he would love to play Eddie Murphy in an upcoming project as well as reveal exclusively to us that he will be playing Rich Paul in an upcoming project real soon expressing that we need to highlight and cherish black moguls more often.
"I love playing real people, I'd love to play Eddie Murphy, I'm actually am I allowed to say it, I'm about to play Rich Paul, he called me and he was like tell the world I think its time we start cherishing black moguls and rich is someone that people need to know, this guy has completely changed the game, I am fortunate to call him a big brother and I can't wait to honor his story"
Before leaving Damson also answered the toughest question of all, what was up with that video of him at Saweetie's house. Expressing to the Breakfast Club that the two were simply friends and he wanted to show to the world how amazing of a piano player the rapper was!
"Me and that women (Saweetie), that Queen, we're just friends, she a great Piano player, and I didn't know she could play piano and I didn't think the world knew, so I just was like this was a cool moment and posted it and people thought it was something else"
Check out the full Interview above.