Idris Elba Reveals How He Ended DJing At Harry & Meghan's Wedding



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Out of all the random stories to come out of Prince Harry and Meghan MarkleRoyal wedding, Idris Elba DJing at their wedding reception is definitely up there.

Tea Luther actor revealed just how the moment The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Turns out, Prince Harry literally just asked him, face to face.

"So Harry and I, we've been to a couple of times you know your dad's charity, The Prince's Trust – helped me out when I was a young actor," Elba explained. "I have a lot of work with him, Harry and William has a few times and Harry came to a couple of parts that I DJ'd and he was like 'Hey man, what will you be doing on the date [wedding], 'And I was like' Oh, nothing 'and he goes' Oh, hmm, would you DJ at my wedding?' "

Naturally, Elba responded with: "Is this a joke? Are you joking? "

Aim Prince Harry replied, "Serious."

And well, there you go.

If you're unfamiliar with the actor's many talents, Elba is an actual DJ and goes by the name of Big Driis. The bloke is so good, he'll be performing this year's Coachella.

You can catch Elba's interview with Ellen below.

Turn Up Charlie, Elba's brand new Netflix show will hit the giant streaming March 15.

The eight-part series tells the story of 40-something-year-old struggling DJ Charlie. Approached by his best mate, David – who also happens to be a massive movie star – Charlie is given a final chance at his dream career David is married to the successful mightily DJ Sara (Piper Perabo) and David wants to give Charlie a job.

Unfortunately, this new job is not on Sara's line-up, it's a different sort of a gig – a nanny gig for their daughter Gabby (Frankie Hervey).

Angela Griffin, Guz Khan, Frankie Harvey, and Cameron King costar.

Can Idris Elba pull off a role in which he is not one of the world's coolest people? Find out March 15.

This is an hour of Elba DJing and shaking his hips.

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                                                    Getty Images / Amy Sussman

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