Damon Albarn reveals he snubbed Idris Elba because he thought he was David Guetta's assistant
Damon Albarn has admitted he snubbed Pacific Rim star Idris Elba when the actor turned up to his house for a chat, due to a mixup with his name.
The Blur frontman revealed his personal assistant had become confused and told him that superstar DJ and producer David Guetta was dropping by instead.
He was then mistakenly told Titanium hitmaker Guetta had not turned up, but that his assistant "Idris" had arrived on his behalf.
Elba had dropped by to talk about the soundtrack for his new film, which sees him star as South African president Nelson Mandela, but was so embarrassed by the mistake that he left.
Composer Albarn explained: "My PA Charlie comes in and says: 'David Guetta is gonna come and talk to you because he is interested in doing a project in South Africa and he wants to pick your brains.' And I'm like, 'well, really not my kind of thing, David Guetta, but I suppose he just wants to sit down have a cup of tea and have a chat, which is fine.
"So I'm sitting in there slightly nervous that David Guetta is out in the kitchen. Anyway, Charlie comes in and says: 'Oh, David's not here, he's running late but his assistant Idris is waiting outside."
The Luther star, said: "Poor Charlie - she came back and said: 'Is David Guetta coming? Are you not here with David Guetta?' I'm sitting on this sofa thinking: 'What? David Guetta? No, I'm not here with David Guetta.'
"I was so embarrassed. She was like: 'I can't tell Damon that David's not here and he's not coming - do you think we can postpone this meeting? I was like: 'Charlie, I'm so sorry but this is who I am, I'm Idris Elba and I did this film about Nelson Mandela, and I wanted to do this soundtrack and I wanted to speak to Damon about it.
"'This is what it's about and here's my number, and if he wants to call, absolutely.' And I was so embarrassed, I got out of there."
Albarn added: "I come out and say 'where's David?' and she says, 'Oh he never came, but Idris Elba was here."
They later figured out the confusion somehow arose because Elba and Guetta had shared the same manager.
Elba went on: "He (Albarn) does ring me up and he says: 'Is that David Guetta?' I just started laughing and said: 'No, it's not David Guetta.' Grrrr."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/damon-albarn-reveals-snubbed-idris-2347472
just noticed THIS gets a one star
I've made the same mistake before... with my new Dir. at work. 
