{"id":78511,"date":"2024-02-26T09:01:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T09:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/26\/idris-elba-got-kicked-out-of-robert-de-niros-office\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T09:01:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T09:01:40","slug":"idris-elba-got-kicked-out-of-robert-de-niros-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/26\/idris-elba-got-kicked-out-of-robert-de-niros-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba got ‘kicked out’ of Robert De Niro’s office"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Idris Elba got “kicked out” of Robert De Niro<\/a>‘s office after “scamming” his way in to land an audition.<\/p>\n

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Idris Elba once blagged his way into Robert De Niro’s office<\/p>\n

The 51-year-old ‘Luther’ star was an aspiring teenage actor in the early 1990s when he decided to attempt to land a try-out for De Niro’s 1993 crime movie ‘A Bronx Tale’ by blagging his way into the actor’s office in New York, but Idris was soon found out and was removed from the building without landing the coveted audition spot.<\/p>\n

During the ‘I Am An Actor’ segment at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Idris recalled: “When I was just starting out in this business, I was 19 years old. I scammed my way up to Robert De Niro<\/a>\u2019s office in Tribeca. Auditions were taking place for ‘A Bronx Tale’, and they started that week.<\/p>\n

“Even though I was very late and wasn\u2019t even invited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Idris explained he used his “English charm” to convince the receptionist and security guard that he had an appointment with the legendary star, who directed and starred in the movie.<\/p>\n

\nHe went on: “Now the woman sent me up into the elevator – do you remember when the elevators had a little key and you went in and went up? … “<\/p>\n

\nDuring the brief elevator ride, he psyched himself up and even did his best impression of De Niro. Idris added: “I was like, \u2018What are you going to do, when you in there what are you gonna do? Idris, come here’ … And that\u2019s when I ended up in \u2018A Bronx Tale’ … No, I\u2019m lying now. I wasn\u2019t in \u2018A Bronx Tale’.”<\/p>\n

\nThe actor concluded: “I got kicked out of the office by Robert De Niro\u2019s producing partner at the time, a gesture that I took to mean, kid, you\u2019re going to go places … I\u2019m Idris Elba, and I\u2019m an actor.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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