Jameela Jamil 'knocked over' Al Pacino
'The Good Place' star has revealed she accidentally floored the veteran actor during a bash thrown by the head of the United Talent Agency - admitting she was attempting to leave the party with 10 wagyu steaks hidden under her skirt when she bumped into Pacino and she fled without helping him up.
She told the Guardian newspaper: "I knocked over Al Pacino at a party. It was at the head of UTA's house back in maybe 2015. I'd stolen a bunch of food – they had really good wagyu steaks, so I took 10 wrapped in a cloth napkin, they were kind of bleeding.
"I bundled them in between my legs, underneath my miniskirt, and was shuffling as fast as I could out of the party when I knocked over Al Pacino.
"And then I left him on the ground, because the steaks flew out from under my skirt, leaving this bloody streak across the white floor. I grabbed the steaks and ran out of the party ... "
Jameela then sent a text message to director Judd Apatow in a bid to cover her tracks. She added: "[I] texted Judd Apatow: 'Sorry, I had to leave. I hope they catch that guy that knocked over Al Pacino'."
It comes after Jameela admitted had just $17 left in her bank account when she was cast in 'The Good Place'.
The 39-year-old star - who played Tahani Al-Jamil in Mike Schur's beloved sitcom about the afterlife - revealed she "ran out of money" after leaving the BBC Radio 1 Cart Show in 2016, and decided she "wanted to be a writer and a DJ".
She joined her then-musician-partner on tour, but soon found herself struggling.
Appearing on 'David Tennant Does a Podcast With...', she said: " I ran out of money and so I said, 'Please can I have a job, any job, I will do anything.'
"I was so desperate for money at that point. I had $17 left in my bank account. I was real keen.
"But instead I was handed a bunch of auditions."
Among those opportunities was a Las Vegas magic show, and what became her role in 'The Good Place'.
However, she had "never acted before", and was still focused on being a writer, with one of her pitches persuading executives to ask her to audition for the show.
She added: "They were the ones who said, 'We want you to go to this audition for Mike Schur. You'll have more power as a writer if you have a name for yourself, or you can just meet him and maybe he'll put you in the writer's room'...
"So I went to the audition, just very much so not thinking anything was going to come of it. I got both the magic show and Mike Schur and I had to make a choice. You weren't allowed to do both."
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