Damson Idris Is Taken Hostage In The Trailer For His ‘Black Mirror’ Episode

After starring in the most acclaimed episode of Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone reboot, as well as consistently delivering one of TV’s most textured performances in Snowfall, British-Nigerian actor, Damson Idris is now set to appear in the new season of Netflix’s Black Mirror.

A general trailer for the season was released last week, where we caught only a small glimpse of Idris, but now Netflix has dropped the individual trailers for the three different episodes that make up season 5 of the Emmy-winning anthology.

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Idris, who is shown to have quite a major role, appears in an episode titled “Smithereens” — starring alongside Andrew Scott of Sherlock and Fleabag fame, as well as Topher Grace (BlacKKKlansman) — and it seems to tackle how much influence apps can have on our lives.

In Smithereens, Black Mirror‘s version of an Uber driver comes undone after picking up a passenger (Idris) at the airport. Guided by the voice on his meditation app that says, “calmly return your attention to the wrath,” the driver eventually pulls a gun on the passenger and holds him hostage.

Season 5 of Black Mirror will hit Netflix on June 5.

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