Submitted by ApologeticKid t3_zr1yr7 in tifu
My kids are off school for the holidays, so I took them to the local trampoline park today. When we got there, I looked around and notice a familiar face. I look a little closer and I realize it's Neil Patrick Harris there with one of his kids! We live near Los Angeles, so it's not uncommon to spot a celeb. In fact, I've seen NPH out and about once before. I went over to him, excited to tell him how much our family recently enjoyed 8 Bit Christmas (good movie, BTW. Worth a watch for 80s/90s kids).
"Hey, are you Neil Patrick Harris?!" I ask?
He smiles. "No, but I get that a lot. I am an actor though."
Me, disappointed and assuming he's in community theater or something, "Oh really? What have you been in?"
Him politely, "Well, uh...I've been Iceman in all of the X-Men movies."
Immediately I realized that the reason he looked familiar was because he is Shawn Ashmore. He does, indeed, play Iceman in the X-Men franchise and is also Lamplighter in The Boys.
So I pretty much made an ass of myself. To his credit, he was extremely cool about it. Seemed like a genuinely nice guy. But lesson learned I probably won't try to talk to celebrities any more.
TL;DR: I introduced myself to Neil Patrick Harris only to discover that it was, in fact, a different famous actor and I looked like an idiot.