Last year rumours sprang up that the Hollywood actor had followed in the footsteps of Daniel Craig.

The James Bond star had a small role as a stormtrooper in Star Wars The Force Awakens.

It turns out Hardy filmed a similar scene in The Last Jedi, however his scene didn’t make the final cut.

But now Slash Film have revealed exactly what the scene involved, one that will hopefully be released on The Last Jedi’s Blu-ray.

The scene takes place in an elevator on Snoke’s Supremacy, which Finn, Rose and DJ are infiltrating.

Hardy played a stormtrooper who recognises Finn and in a Southern accent says: “I know who you are…. FN 2187! Damn boy, I never took you for officer material!”

It turns out the two First Order soldiers grew up together, but Hardy’s stormtrooper is seemingly unaware of Finn’s treason in The Force Awakens.

A leak from last year even claimed that Hardy’s stormtrooper slapped John Boyega’s Finn on the bottom.

However this claim is also made about Prince William and Harry’s cut stormtrooper cameos, but with Benicio Del Toro’s character getting slapped on bum by the future King.

Perhaps they were in the same deleted scene as Hardy?