Idris Elba reveals he was once kicked out of Robert De Niro’s office
Idris Elba
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty ImagesIdris Elba took a trip down memory lane at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards and recalled a hilarious story about Robert de Niro.
“When I first started in this company, I was 19 years old. I was conned into Robert De Niro’s office in Tribeca. Auditions took place for A Bronx storyand they started that week,” Elba, 51, said on Saturday, February 24, during the “I Am an Actor” segment.
Elba explained that even though he was “very late and wasn’t even invited,” he used his “English charm” to convince a security guard and receptionist that he had an appointment — and he was successful. (The 1993 film starred De Niro, 80, and Chazz Palminterion the occasion of De Niro’s directorial debut.)
“Now the woman sent me into the elevator – remember when the elevators had a key and you went in and went up?” he said, adding that he “psyched” himself in the elevator and did his impression of De Niro.
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He continued, “And then I ended up A Bronx story. No, I’m lying now. I was not there A Bronx story. I was kicked out of the office by Robert De Niro’s production partner at the time. A gesture that I thought meant, “Boy, you’re going somewhere.” I’m Idris Elba and I’m an actor.”
The “I Am an Actor” segment began at the first SAG Awards in 1995 and has since featured several stars at the annual awards show. In addition to Elba, also this year’s celebrities Michael Cera, Colman Domingo And Hanna Waddingham.
For her segment, Waddingham, 49, recalled playing the Lady of the Lake in the West End production of Monty Python’s Spama lot.
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“I had a quick 47 second change under the stage to come back up through the floor, holding the Holy Grail – as you do – and preparing to sing into the face of the legendary and very fantastic Jim Carrey,” she said on Saturday.
The Ted Lasso star explained that she felt “these kind of muscle cramps” at the top of her dress, but when she extended her arm, the movement stopped, so she “didn’t think about it anymore.”
“The next night, this is after a matinee and evening show, I went to take off my costume, but I noticed that there was a rather embarrassing, acrid stench hanging around me all day,” she said. “I went to air the dress, and a mouse flew out of the dress, hit the wall and landed on the floor. So that’s one show with a live mouse in my dress, and two shows with a dead mouse. Oh, the glamour!”