Following up his own experience working as an Uber driver, late night host Jimmy Kimmel had the honor of interviewing the first-ever Uber passenger in Los Angeles, actor Edward Norton.
Norton appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Thursday night, revealing that being “rider one” was a perk of knowing Uber founder and CEO, Travis Kalanick.
“I met Travis, who started Uber, back when it was still kind of this funky little experiment in San Francisco, and I was super-impressed by what he was doing,” Norton told Kimmel. “As someone who’s had a long-standing antipathy and occasional physical battle with New York cab drivers, I begged him to bring it to New York City. Begged him, literally. ”
Although that was the end of Norton’s perks from his buddy Travis (he still suffers from surge pricing, like the rest of us), Norton says he still frequently uses Uber in New York.
He might even pick up a few extra bucks working for them, like Kimmel.
“In New York … now they have just a messenger delivery service, where you can use Uber to pick something up and take it somewhere,” the actor told Kimmel. “I like bicycles and scooters so I think I’m going to become an Uber messenger.”
Watch the clip below:
