United Kingdom, Feb. 26 -- Idris Elba got "kicked out" of Robert De Niro's office after "scamming" his way in to land an audition.

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.

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's office in Tribeca. Auditions were taking place for 'A Bronx Tale', and they started that...