Jameela Jamil "knocked over" Al Pacino as she was smuggling food out out of a Hollywood party

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 ex ecutives 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."