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Licence to Thrill
Mizz 20 October -2 December 2004
He has dinner with Simon Cowell, doesn't wear any undies and once partied with 007. Mizz plays spy games with Darius.
The title of your upcoming album, Live Twice, is very James Bond. If you were a spy, what would codename be?
"Black Panther, cos I'm a Leo - a jungle cat. I've got dark features and my favorite time is night."
What special talents would you use against the baddies?
"I'd double up as a rock star. I'd be on stage with my guitar but it would actually be a gun."
Which gadjet would Bond boffin Q give you?
"A watch - you put it on, press a button and become invisible whenever you wanted. It'd get you out of a lot of bother and you'd be able to secretly eavesdrop on ther people's conversations."
Own any gizmos in real life?
"I bought a really cool walkie-talkie system for my little brother. It's posh silver pens you can twist and talk into. They have tiny microphones and receivers with a range of 5km. Serioudly cool."
What's the most cash you've splashed recently?
"Loads - on a new flat in London."
Is it a super-sleek lad pad?
"It's a two-level flat which has access to the roof, so if I fancy the girl next door and want to leave a nice pressie on her pillow, I think I'd be able to wangle it. Or I could just turn it into a helipad!"
Is it full of swanky stuff?
"I've got an excellant stainless steel pepper ginder - you press a button and it sprinkles it for you. Whenever people come over I'm like, 'Want pepper...?'"
You've actually partied with 007 himself, Pierce Brosnan, haven't you?
"I actually bonded [Ouch! - ED] with his dad first, at a party after the Die another Day premiere. It was the most amazing hotel suite ever. His dad was sat on his own so we chatted. Then Pierce came over so it was me, James Bond and his dad - mad."
Did you get star struck?
"No cos he's a very understated person and a true gent."
You're a bit of a smooth operator yourself. How would you charm us?
"Chat-up lines never work. I've only ever seen friends get slapped for using them, It's more natural to make eye contact or smile - chemistry means more than words."
So if a girl came up to you ...
"If we were in a nightclub, I'd ask her if she wanted to dance. That way, we could just read each other's eye contactand the way we were moving."
Ever been caught off guard by a camera?
"At a gig in Glasgow I invited a little girl up on stage to sing to her. She was so tiny so I got down on one knee and thought nothing more of it. The next day a photo of me had been circulated to every amjor record label and movie company in New York, Hong Kong - everywhere. A photographer had put his camera under my kilt so you could see everything. I got emails telling me my bits were on the internet! Luckily, the photo was too rude for the newspapers."
Did your mates trase you about it?
"A true Scot never wears pants under his kilt so they'd have given me grief if I had."
Have you perfected your pose after that?
"I've yet to find the perfect pose. I've had some awful photos, I looked like I was sucking on a bee in one of them."
A spy has to be good at keeping secrets. Are you?
"Yeah, I think it;s important if it's been told in confidence. The only time you should break that is when someone's in trouble. When I was 15, a friend of mine didn't want me to tell anyone about her eating disorder. I tried to help her but when she got really sick, I had to tell her mum. She was really upset but she thanked me for it later."
Can you tell us a secret about yourself?
"I'm not wearing any underwear."
OOO-er! Now tell us one about another celeb...
"Lee Blue picks his nose all the time and threatens to flick it at everyone!"
What's your fake "hotel-booking" name? Promise we wont stalk you...
"It's my nickname, Tenacious D, cos my mates all think I'm tenacious. It's also the name of Jack Black's band."
Do you like the X factor?
"It's great to watch on a Sarurday night, but those shows used to be about giving someone the opportunity to get a record deal, Now it's just entertainment."
Is it weird to think you were once up there?
"I'm proud I was part of the original, but I'd never wanna go down that road of being someone's puppet."
Be honest - what do you think of Simon Cowell?
"We're mates now. He invited me to dinner last tie I was in LA. He's the most entertaining man on telly - apart from Ant 'n' Dec."
Ever Been tempted to do celebrity reality telly?
"It doesn't interest me cos my work involves music now - unless it was raising lots of money for charity."
Reckon you're vain?
"no. I used to worry about my appearence after being bullied at school. I was too tall, I had a mixed background, never fitted in and had facial hair at the age oof 12, so they saw mw as an easy target."
But you liked your goatee beard and ponytail...
"They say a man hides behind facial hair. Well I was very much a boy wanting to be a man so I was hiding behind it."
So, you don't spend loads of time looking in the mirror? (Mizz has clocked Darius constantly checking himself out in every mirror he can)
"As little as possible. I actually find the more time you spend on it all, the worse it gets."
Which part of you're body do you like best?
"My belly button.It's the most fascinating part of the body. There's a knot in ti. Whether it's an innie or an outie, it's the only part of you where there was once a hole snd now it's tied up. Amazing."
Hmmm...If you say so! Anyway, how's your love life?
"I'm single but in love and I don't know where I stand. My life is wonderful, my love is wonderful. My love life? Horrible"
Ever been proposed to?
"Once, before I went on stage a fan asked me. She put a ring on my hand, but cos my fingers swelled up from playing guitar, it cut of my circulation. My mate had to saw the ring off!"
Which celeb do you fancy?
"Mischa Barton, who plays Marissa in The O.C., is hot."
Have you secretly snogged any celebs?
D: "If I told you it wouldn't be a secret anymore."
Are you a good kisser?
" Who'd admit to being a bad kisser? Kissing is one of the coolest thing ever."
When was the last time you had a Scottish Highland fling?
"Eighteen months ago."
You've dated two co-stars from your videos - is this you're fave pulling technique?
"I was away when they cast the girl [model Jacqui Ainsley] for Colourblind, and then when I met her, I fell in love. The next time it happened, I'd seen the film The Whole Nine Yards which starred Natasha Henstridge. She was attractive, funny and intelligent so I thought she'd be ideal. I sent her the song and she said she'd do it. I dated her, but she lives in LA, so..."
Finally, how many times have you had knickers thrown at you by fans?
"I can't remember! On tour last year we had 32 sell out gigs and knickers would get thrown on stage and swept up. At the end of the tour I found this bin bag full of knickers - one of my guys had kept them as a memento!"
Darius's new album. Live Twice, hits the shops on October 25th.