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SAG Awards: Idris Elba Recalls Getting Kicked Out of Robert De Niro’s Offices as a Teen Actor

Michael Cera and Hannah Waddingham also shared memories during the "I Am an Actor" segment to begin this year's ceremony.

“When I was just starting out in this business — I was 19 years old — I scammed my way up to Robert De Niro’s office in Tribeca,” Elba said of the legendary actor, who was nominated at the event for his role in Killers of the Flower Moon. Elba, who himself is a two-time SAG Award winner, explained that auditions had begun that week for the Martin Scorsese classic 1993 movie A Bronx Tale. Also sharing memories during the segment were Barbie standout Michael Cera, who reminisced about bonding with grown-up co-stars as a child actor, and Ted Lasso’ s Hannah Waddingham, who recalled finding a mouse carcass in her Spamalot dress after having unknowingly performed multiple shows on London’s West End with the uninvited animal in her costume.

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