Jordan Peele gave up acting due to The Emoji Movie

While accepting his D.G.A Award for Best First-Time Director on Saturday (02.03.18), Peele said: "Daniel Day-Lewis and I are both out. Acting is just nowhere near as fun for me as directing.

"'The Emoji Movie' actually helped me quit acting. I was offered the role of Poop. This is true. I would not make this up.

"When you have women directors you get 'Lady Bird', 'Mudbound', and 'Wonder Woman'. When you have male directors you get 'The Emoji Movie' ... with a character who is a literal piece of s**t."

The role of Poop was ultimately given to Sir Patrick Stewart in the animation directed by Tony Leondis.

Despite turning down the role of Poop, Peele is receiving continuous nominations - including Best Picture at the Academy Awards and Best Actor for the leading man Daniel Kaluuya - for his psychological thriller 'Get Out'.

The film follows interracial couple Chris (Kaluuya) and his girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams), who have reached the meet-the-parents stage of dating.

She invites him for a weekend getaway with her parents and, at first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship.

But during the weekend, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries and bizarre encounters with the family's white neighbors and friends lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

And Peele admitted he hopes viewers "crap their pants" when they see it.

He said: "I hope they s**t their pants! It's the least I could hope for. Despite the nature of the film, I want people to come away from this movie feeling good. I want people to come away from this movie feeling good. I want it to strike a cathartic cord with people, and provide an emotional release. I have no doubt white and black audiences will experience the film very differently, but this movie is actually bringing people together."