United Kingdom, March 19 -- Darlene Vogel joked that she was Sir Elton John's "beard" when they went clubbing in the 1980s.

The 63-year-old actress enjoyed a night out with the 78-year-old music legend because he was "very good pals" with the manager of her Back to the Future Part II co-star, 59-year-old Ricky Dean Logan.

Appearing on the latest episode of The Patrick LabyorSheaux podcast, Darlene recalled: "We went to go see Elton John at Le Dome, and we're hanging out with him.

"And Elton's like, 'Well, where should we go now?' And I said, 'Why don't we go to the China Club?'

"So we all hop in his limo, and I'm with Elton John, going to the China Club in Hollywood, hanging out with him. He gets up on stage, blows Michael Bolton off ...