Over 10 seasons and counting, Dropout’s trivia quiz present Um, Really has hosted loads of big-name nerds from outdoors the streamer’s common roster of expertise. Important Position’s Matthew Mercer has just a few wins beneath his belt, Marvel Comics author Cody Ziglar not too long ago took house the crown within the season 11 premiere, and season 9 ended with an episode the place all of the contestants had been voice actors, like Dante Basco, who performed Zuko within the authentic animated run of Avatar: The Final Airbender.
If host Ify Nwadiwe had his means, although, you’d see a lot extra acquainted visitors plop down on the present’s mustard-yellow sofa for some nerdy trivia. He not too long ago spoke to Polygon about dream casting for the present.
“We have undoubtedly tried to get a Meltdown sofa,” Nwadiwe advised Polygon through Zoom. That roster can be Emily Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, and Jonah Ray, who labored collectively on Comedy Central’s The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail within the mid-2010s. As with so many Hollywood productions (and Dungeons & Dragons sport nights), schedule conflicts have been the massive barrier: “That is additionally the factor — the dance of scheduling and seeing who we are able to get.”
That’s additionally why Nwadiwe’s good buddy Ron Funches hasn’t appeared on the present but. “I met Ron again engaged on @midnight,” Nwadiwe stated. “He is super-nerdy. We nerd out about stuff. It was humorous, as a result of he wasn’t accessible for this previous season, and now seeing that he was on The Traitors, I ponder if that is why.”
Nwadiwe, now in his third season as host, has some “big swings” in thoughts for casting. “Would like to get John Boyega on the sofa, simply do a sofa with my favourite nerdy Nigerians, John Boyega, Ayo Edebiri. These can be nice,” he stated. Star Wars actor Boyega isn’t shy about his nerdy fandoms; as an anime fan, he would have match proper in with comic Garrick Bernard, musician Thundercat, and Ziglar on the season 11 premiere.
Nwadiwe would additionally love to do a Warhammer episode with Henry Cavill, the former Superman actor, World of Warcraft fan, PC gaming fanatic, and beforehand introduced govt producer/star of an upcoming Warhammer 40K franchise . “I believe it would be humorous, and I believe it would be nice, for individuals to see Henry Cavill simply nerding out,” Nwadiwe stated. “I do know we have all heard about it, we have seen him construct a PC, however we have not seen him actually gush about Warhammer but. I wish to be the car for that.” Dropout CEO Sam Reich? Time to begin making some calls.
Talking of dream couches and thrilling Um, Really visitors, the present season may also see the return of Match of Champions. Again within the first season, the four-part event noticed 9 of Um, Really’s high contestants return for a best-of-the-best showdown. Nwadiwe competed towards Emma Fyffe and Siobhan Thompson. (Thompson walked away victorious from their episode.)
Season 11’s Match of Champions will see fan-favorites like Erika Ishii, Brennan Lee Mulligan, and Danielle Radford as soon as once more duking it out. “[The] predominant speaking factors for the superfans of the present is, ‘Who has probably the most wins? Who can beat who?’Nwadiwe stated. “So I have been excited to deliver again Match of Champions in some unspecified time in the future, and this was the season. We had been off to the races with it.”
Nwadiwe was a very aggressive contestant on the present — when he took over as host, he had 9 wins beneath his belt, the report at the moment. (Mulligan has since tied him.) Does he harbor any want to return to the sofa as a contestant and take again his crown?
“No, as a result of secretly, now all the stress’s off,” Nwadiwe stated. He likened himself to a UFC fighter or boxer who retires undefeated on the peak of their powers. “I left on the high as probably the most winningest, and I beat the second most winningest, and I am performed. And regardless of if it’s like, ‘Effectively, now Brennan has extra wins…’ That’s as a result of I am not within the competitors. Primarily based on the historic information, I might in all probability nonetheless be probably the most winningest, as a result of I be successful.”
Nwadiwe didn’t thoughts that Match of Champions returned throughout his tenure as host, so he didn’t must relive defeat on the most important stage. He says he was “very, very, very, very scorned” over shedding to Thompson within the first go-round. “I believe that is what led to me occurring my run of dominance after that,” he stated. “However now, not having to even cope with that stress, I am loving it. I really like being the individual operating it.”
Um, Really is streaming on Dropout.television.
