Austin Butler says spending time with his hero Robert De Niro made him opt not to get high with famous cannabis connoisseur Snoop Dogg.

During a stop on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday, the Elvis actor was asked for the story behind photos of him and the Oscar winner hanging out at the rappers Malibu home in March.

That was wild, he said of the Instagram snapshot posted by Snoops son Cordell Broadus.

A mutual friend said, Do you want to come ... have tacos with Snoop Dogg and Robert De Niro? and I dropped everything, and I was there in a heartbeat.