James McAvoy has admitted that he is a big Elton John fan but is yet to meet the hitmaker.
The actor is back on the big screen next month, well his voice is at least, in animation movie Gnomeo & Juliet - which has an Elton John soundtrack.
But in all the time that McAvoy worked on the film his paths never crossed with the Crocodile Rock singer.
Speaking to Parade McAvoy said: "Do you know what? I have yet to meet the fantastic Elton John.
"I'm a total fan of his music and I've been working on this film for I think three years. So every day I would come to work and I would kind of be hoping that that would be the day Elton would be there but he was never there when I was there.
"I was absolutely gutted. I thought, 'Am I performing badly? Does he not like the film?'"
Gnomeo and Juliet is directed by Kelly Asbury and is based on the Shakespeare classic Romeo and Juliet. Also lending their voice to the project includes Emily Blunt, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters and Ozzy Osbourne.
2011 looks set to be a busy year for the actor as he has also finished work on X-Men: First Class in which he plays a young Charles Xavier.
He has also lent his voice to Arthur Christmas and has been linked to Cloud Atlas and Wanted 2.
Gnomeo and Juliet is released 11th February.
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