Remember When These Celebrities Had Cameos in Hit Music Videos?

Idris Elba

Idris Elba plays a blind man in the video for the hit Mumford and Sons song, "Lover of the Light." The creative direction was handed over to the actor himself, who's credited as a co-director. It's a twist that viewers don't expect that makes the project so great.

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The More You Know

  • Axl Rose once brought a psychic named Sharon Maynard on tour. His entourage called her “Yoda”.
  • Dolly Parton once entered a drag queen celebrity impersonator contest AS HERSELF and lost.
  • When Pixie’s drummer David Lovering wasn’t drumming, he performed as a professional magician.
  • Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury supposedly had a falling out because Michael brought his pet llama to the recording studio.
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