Ify Nwadiwe wants Henry Cavill to nerd out about Warhammer on Um, Actually

Over 10 seasons and counting, Dropout’s trivia quiz present Um, Really has hosted loads of big-name nerds from exterior the streamer’s ordinary roster of expertise. Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer has a couple of wins below his belt, Marvel Comics author Cody Ziglar not too long ago took residence the crown within the season 11 premiere, and season 9 ended with an episode the place all of the contestants have been voice actors, like Dante Basco, who performed Zuko within the authentic animated run of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

If host Ify Nwadiwe had his manner, 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 positively tried to get a Meltdown sofa,” Nwadiwe informed Polygon by way of 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 large barrier: “That is additionally the factor — the dance of scheduling and seeing who we will get.”

That’s additionally why Nwadiwe’s good pal Ron Funches hasn’t appeared on the present but. “I met Ron again engaged on @midnight,” Nwadiwe mentioned. “He is super-nerdy. We nerd out about stuff. It was humorous, as a result of he wasn’t out there for this previous season, and now seeing that he was on The Traitors, I’m wondering 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 mentioned. 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 enthusiast, 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 mentioned. “I do know we have all heard about it, we’ve seen him build 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 will even see the return of Match of Champions. Again within the first season, the four-part event noticed 9 of Um, Really’s prime contestants return for a best-of-the-best showdown. Nwadiwe competed in opposition to 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] most important speaking factors for the superfans of the present is, ‘Who has probably the most wins? Who can beat who?’Nwadiwe mentioned. “So I have been excited to convey again Match of Champions in some unspecified time in the future, and this was the season. We have 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 below his belt, the file at the moment. (Mulligan has since tied him.) Does he harbor any need 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 mentioned. He likened himself to a UFC fighter or boxer who retires undefeated on the peak of their powers. “I left on the prime as probably the most winningest, and I beat the second most winningest, and I am executed. And irrespective 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 dropping to Thompson within the first go-round. “I believe that is what led to me happening my run of dominance after that,” he mentioned. “However now, not having to even take care of that stress, I am loving it. I like being the particular person working it.”

Um, Really is streaming on Dropout.television.