THANK YOU FOR COMING.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> IT'S LOVELY TO BE HERE.
>> Jimmy: I WILL SAY WHEN YOU
CAME OUT IN THIS BEAUTIFUL SUIT
FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT OH, I --
OH, I'VE DIED AND THE ANGEL HAS
COME TO TAKE ME.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING FOR.
A SORT OF SPEARMINT ANGEL.
>> Jimmy: YES.
>> I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU.
YOU HAVE DIED.
>> Jimmy: OH.
>> AND THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO
GO DOWN.
>> Jimmy: IT COULD BE WORSE THAN
THIS.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
DID YOU WORK TODAY?
DID YOU SHOOT A SHOW TODAY?
>> WE DIDN'T SHOOT A SHOW.
I'M DOING -- I'VE JUST STARTED
ON -- I'M SHOOTING A FILM AT THE
MINUTE SO, WE'RE NOT ON OUR SHOW
TODAY.
I'LL BE BACK ON THE SHOW
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE GUEST HOSTS FOR
A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> Jimmy: YOU ARE VERY BUSY.
WHAT FILM ARE YOU SHOOTING RIGHT
NOW?
>> I JUST STARTED A FILM CALLED
"THE PROM."
IT'S A MUSICAL WRITTEN BY --
IT'S BEING DIRECTED BY RYAN
MURPHY.
>> Jimmy: OH, WOW.
>> AND IT'S ME, MERYL STREEP,
NICOLE KIDMAN.
>> Jimmy: OH, THEY'RE VERY GOOD.
>> ANGIE REYNOLDS.
KERRY WASHINGTON.
YEAH.
IT'S UTTERLY TERRIFYING.
IT'S A TERRIFYING THING.
>> Jimmy: WHAT DO YOU PLAY IN
THIS?
>> I PLAY A CHARACTER CALLED
BARRY WHO IS A BROADWAY ACTOR
AND STRUGGLING WITH LIFE AT THE
MOMENT.
>> BARRY'S HAVING TROUBLE?
>> I FEEL UTTERLY TERRIFIED.
>> Jimmy: WHY?
>> BECAUSE I SIGNED UP TO DO IT
IN LIKE FEBRUARY, AND IT'S BEEN
REALLY EXCITING.
I'M GOING TO DO THIS FILM WITH
MERYL STREEP AND NICOLE KIDMAN.
AND NOW I'M LIKE -- I'M LIKE
WHAT AM I DOING?
I ALREADY HAVE A JOB.
DO THIS.
LIKE THIS -- I KNOW HOW TO DO
THIS.
I'VE GOT THIS.
WHAT AM I DOING THIS FOR?
>> Jimmy: WHAT IS THE THING
THAT'S BOTHERING YOU THE MOST
ABOUT THIS?
LET'S TALK THIS THROUGH.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> WELL, THERE'S A LOT.
I'M IN LOTS OF SCENES WITH MERYL
STREEP, AND THAT'S ALWAYS
TERRIFYING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I'M
GOING TO HAVE TO CARRY HER IN
EVERY SCENE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
BUT MY MAIN WORRY, IT'S THE
FIRST TIME I'VE EVER DONE AN
AMERICAN ACCENT.
SO I'M PLAYING AN AMERICAN.
AND THAT IS -- THAT'S FILLING ME
WITH SOME FEAR.
>> Jimmy: NOW, WHEN YOU SAY "AN
AMERICAN," THAT IS NOT A
PREVIEW --
[ LAUGHTER ]
THANS
THAT IS NOT A PREVIEW OF YOUR
AMERICAN ACCENT, IS IT?
>> YES, IT IS.
>> Jimmy: WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON
THIS.
>> ALL RIGHT, ME LOVELIES, I'M
AN AMERICAN.
[ LAU
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: DO YOU HAVE A COACH,
AN ACCENT COACH?
>> I'VE GOT AN ACCENT COACH AND
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
BUT I WOULD SAY MY BEST ACCENT
COACH IS ACTUALLY MY SON, MY
8-YEAR-OLD SON.
>> Jimmy: OH.
>> BECAUSE HE MOVED HERE TO
AMERICA OBVIOUSLY WITH US.
HE DIDN'T MOVE ON HIS OWN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
HE DIDN'T JUST SAY MUM AND
DAD --
>> Jimmy: AN AMAZING KID.
HE SAILED HERE ON HIS OWN.
>> NO, SO WHEN WE MOVED -- HE
WAS 3 WHEN WE MOVED.
AND HE HAS GOT THIS INCREDIBLE
THING WHERE HE TALKS IN A
BRITISH ACCENT WITH ME AND MY
WIFE AND AN AMERICAN ACCENT WITH
ALL OF HIS BUDDIES AT SCHOOL,
AND HIS TEACHERS.
AND BETWEEN SENTENCE TO
SENTENCE.
SO HE'LL LIKE GO, "DAD, CAN WE
GO IN THE GARDEN?"
AND I GO YEAH, OF COURSE, BUDDY.
AND HE GOES, "KERRY, COME ON,
LET'S GO OUT IN THE YARD."
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: I LIKE THAT.
>> I'M JUST HANGING AROUND WITH
HIM AND HOPING IT RUBS OFF.
>> Jimmy: NOT ONLY DOES HE HAVE
AN AMERICAN ACCENT HE HAS A
CALIFORNIA ACCENT IT SOUNDS
LIKE.
>> OH, MY DAUGHTER WHO MOVED
HERE WHEN SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD,
SHE'S THE MOST CALIFORNIA.
SHE'S LIKE, "OH, MY GOD."
[ LAUGHTER ]
SHE'S 5 AND SHE'S LIKE, "I'M
GOING ON A JUICE CLEANSE."
[ LAUGHTER ]
IS THIS GLUTEN-FREE?
>> Jimmy: KIDS REALLY INVENTED
THE JUICE CLEANSE, DIDN'T THEY?
>> FOR SURE.
100%.
>> Jimmy: IT CAME IN A LITTLE
BOX AT THAT TIME.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THE
"LATE LATE SHOW" NOW?
HOW MANY SEASONS?
>> WE'VE BEEN ON THE AIR 4 1/2
YEARS.
>> Jimmy: 4 1/2 YEARS.
>> YES.
>> Jimmy: YOU DO A GREAT JOB
WITH THAT SHOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Jimmy: AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE
KNOWS YOUR BREAKOUT -- YOU DO A
LOT MORE THAN JUST CARPOOL
KARAOKE.
BUT YOU HAD -- YOU DID AN
EPISODE, IF YOU CALL IT THAT,
WITH KANYE WEST NOT IN A CAR.
>> NO.
WE WENT IN AN AIRPLANE.
>> Jimmy: IT WAS AN AIRPLANE.
>> WITH HIS ENTIRE CHOIR.
>> Jimmy: AND I'M VERY CURIOUS
TO KNOW HOW THAT CAME TO PASS.
>> WHY ARE YOU CURIOUS, JIMMY?
>> Jimmy: BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN
THE MIX WITH KANYE AND I KNOW
THAT SOMETIMES -- THAT THINGS GO
ACCORDING TO KANYE'S PLAN.
NOT GOD'S PLAN.
KANYE'S PLAN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> COMPLEX FELLOW.
[ LAUGHTER ]
WELL, HERE'S HOW IT WENT.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE THIRD TIME
THAT WE HAD TRIED TO DO A SORT
OF CARPOOL KARAOKE WITH KANYE.
THE FIRST TIME HE AGREED AND
THEN HE CANCELED A FEW DAYS
LATER.
OH, THAT'S A SHAME, BUT IT'S
FINE.
THE SECOND TIME THAT KANYE
CANCELED CARPOOL KARAOKE WAS SO
LATE IN THE DAY THAT I WAS
DRIVING UP HIS ROAD IN THE CAR.
WITH ALL THE CAMERAS.
AND GOT THIS PHONE CALL SAYING
IT'S BEEN CANCELED.
AND I LITERALLY -- I THINK I
BASICALLY TURNED AROUND OUTSIDE
HIS HOUSE TO GO BACK TO THE
STUDIO.
SO THEN -- HE SENT ME A TEXT.
I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE TEXTED YOU
AROUND THE SAME TIME.
DID HE SEND YOU A TEXT SAYING I
WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE
CHOIR ON THE SHOW?
>> Jimmy: YES.
AND HE CALLED ME AS WELL.
>> ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
>> Jimmy: YES, THAT'S EXACTLY
RIGHT.
HE'S JUST GOING THROUGH THE Js
IN HIS PHONE I GUESS.
AND I THINK SO.
HE'S LIKE WHAT IS IT, A TALK
SHOW?
IT STARTS WITH J.
AND SO YES, COULD WE DO A
CARPOOL KARAOKE WITH THE WHOLE
CHOIR ON LIKE A BUS OR A TRUCK
IN L.A.?
AND I SAID YEAH, OF COURSE, THAT
WOULD BE AMAZING.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT, YE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
AND HE GOES, COOL, LET'S DO IT
ON MONDAY.
AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, THAT'S
DIFFICULT.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET A TRUCK.
AND LIKE PERMITS.
>> Jimmy: LOGISTICS ARE NOT HIS
THING TO WORRY ABOUT.
>> THE CHOIR I THINK IS 150
PEOPLE.
THIS FEELS -- AND IT'S A
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
BUT HE GOES, NO, I THINK MONDAY
WOULD BE GREAT.
I'M LIKE, OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO I THEN SET ABOUT -- I CALLED
BEN OUR PRODUCER.
I CALLED ROB, THE PEOPLE THAT
WORK ON THE SHOW.
AND WE SET ABOUT MAKING IT
HAPPEN.
AND THEY WERE LIKE MONDAY'S NOT
GOING TO HAPPEN.
THAT WAS ON THE SUNDAY.
MONDAY'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
WEDNESDAY.
WE'RE LIKE OKAY, THIS WE CAN DO.
GREAT.
WE GET PERMITS.
WE DO THE THING.
ALL THE STUFF.
WE THEN TRY TO E-MAIL PEOPLE TO
FIND OUT TIMES AND LOGISTICS
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY AS YOU KNOW WE
HAVE A SHOW THAT NIGHT.
NOTHING.
WE'RE HEARING NOTHING FROM
ANYONE.
WEDNESDAY MORNING 11:00 A.M.
SOMEONE SENDS AN E-MAIL SAYING
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY.
WE WERE LIKE YEAH, NO [ BLEEP ]
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
AND THEN IT -- IT THEN IT WENT
QUIET.
AND THEN, AND THIS IS WHERE HE'S
BRILLIANT.
THIS IS WHERE HE'S BRILLIANT.
HE JUST THEN GOES, I WANT TO DO
IT ON AN AIRPLANE.
AND WE GO, OKAY.
GREAT.
YEAH.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHY NOT?
LET'S DO IT ON A SPACESHIP.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND TO HIS CREDIT, TO HIS
CREDIT, HE AND HIS TEAM --
>> Jimmy: HE ALWAYS COMES
THROUGH IN THE END.
>> GETS THE PLANE.
EVEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING THERE, I
WAS ON THE PHONE TO MY DAD
TELLING MY DAD WHAT WE'RE ABOUT
TO DO.
AND MY DAD WAS LIKE, THIS IS
INCREDIBLE.
AND I WAS LIKE, IT COULD BE.
BUT I'M STILL -- EVEN AS I
WALKED ONTO THE PLANE I THOUGHT
AT SOME POINT SOMEONE'S GOING TO
GO, YEAH, NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT TOMORROW.
AND THERE HE WAS.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, OF ALL THE
THINGS WE'VE DONE ON THE SHOW,
AND I CONSIDER SO MANY THINGS
WE'VE DONE TO HAVE BEEN AN
ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE, LIKE BEING
ON THAT PLANE SURROUNDED BY THAT
CHOIR SITTING WITH HIM, AND HE
WAS IN A GREAT PLACE AND IN THE
BEST MOOD, I WILL NEVER, EVER
FORGET WHAT THAT CHOIR SOUNDED
LIKE ON THAT AIRPLANE.
IT WAS AN ASTONISHING THING.
AND I REALLY THOUGHT THIS IS A
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME THING THAT I
WILL NEVER, EVER BE ABLE TO --
I'LL NEVER, EVER FORGET IT.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT.
>> Jimmy: DID YOU TURN YOUR LIFE
OVER TO JESUS?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
I WAS CLOSE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: WE'LL WORK ON IT IN
THE COMMERCIAL.
>> I WAS CLOSE.
>> Jimmy: JAMES CORDEN IS HERE.
HE'S IN "CATS."
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
JAMES CORDEN IS HERE.
HE'S IN THE MOVIE "CATS."
I HAVE A STILL OF YOU AS ONE OF
THE CATS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
BE HONEST.
WAS THIS A NIGHTMARE TO GET INTO
THIS HAIR AND ALL OF THIS STUFF?
>> NO, NO, NO.
THIS IS ALL COMPUTER GENERATED.
SO EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF FUR IS
ADDED BY A COMPUTER.
IT'S TECHNOLOGY THAT'S NEVER,
EVER BEEN USED IN A FILM BEFORE.
>> Jimmy: I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
IS YOUR BEARD REAL?
>> THIS IS REAL.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S REAL.
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHICH
IS WHICH?
IS THAT REALLY COMPUTER
GENERATED?
>> EVERYTHING.
SO WHEN YOU SHOOT THE FILM ALL
YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A COMPUTER
SORT OF BAND AROUND YOUR HEAD,
YOU HAVE DOTS ALL OVER YOUR
FACE, AND THEN I WAS IN LIKE A
HUGE SORT OF -- BECAUSE MY CAT'S
A VERY, VERY FAT CAT.
AND AS YOU CAN TELL, I AM
INCREDIBLY IN SHAPE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SO I WAS IN A BIG SORT OF ROUND
CGI SUIT THAT'S ALSO COVERED IN
DOTS.
AND THEN UNDER THAT YOU HAVE A
SUIT WITH THESE COMPUTERS.
SO SOMETIMES THERE WERE LIKE 50
PEOPLE IN A SHOT ALL BEING CATS,
ALL JUST WITH DOTS ALL OVER
THEM, AND THEN EVERYTHING'S
BEING BEAMED TO 50 COMPUTERS AND
THEN THEY ADD ALL THE FUR, THE
EARS, THE TAIL, EVERYTHING.
IT'S QUITE EXTRAORDINARY.
>> Jimmy: IT SOUNDS UNBELIEVABLE
THAT THEY COULD DO THAT.
IT SEEMS ALMOST LIKE YOU DIDN'T
NEED TO BE IN THE MOVIE IN A
WAY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THAT'S CERTAINLY ONE WAY OF
LOOKING AT IT, JIMMY, YEAH.
IT'S A WEIRD -- LOOK, THE WHOLE
THING, I HAVE TO SAY, I HAD
THE -- AS GOOD A TEN DAYS' WORK
AS I'VE EVER ENJOYED BEING WITH
TOM HOOPER AND EVERYBODY, WHO
DIRECTED THE MOVIE.
I JUST LOVED IT.
BUT WE HAD LIKE ONE DAY WHICH
WAS ME, TAYLOR SWIFT, REBEL
WILSON, IDRIS ELBA, SIR IAN
McKELLAN AND JUDI DENCH ALL
SHOOTING A SCENE TOGETHER.
NOW, THAT IN ITSELF IS QUITE
EXTRAORDINARY.
THEN WHEN YOU ADD THE LAYER OF
EVERYBODY PRETENDING TO BE A
CAT, YOU REALLY CAN'T HELP BUT
FEEL YOU'RE ON SOME KIND OF
HALLUCINOGENIC -- YOU'RE LIKE
LOOKING AT JUDI DENCH AND SHE'S
LIKE -- AND YOU'RE LIKE THIS
IS --
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: SHE DOESN'T USUALLY DO
THAT.
>> YOU REALLY THINK FOR A LONG
TIME, ARE WE BEING PUNKED?
IS THIS REAL?
>> Jimmy: MAY I ASK YOU ABOUT
ANOTHER THING?
GAVIN AND STACEY, THIS IS A SHOW
THAT REALLY MADE YOU FAMOUS IN
THE UK.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> OH, YEAH.
>> Jimmy: AND THAT SHOW WENT OFF
THE AIR IN WHAT, 2010?
>> MY FRIEND RUTH JONES AND I,
WE WROTE THE SHOW, YEAH, ABOUT
15 YEARS AGO.
SO IT FINISHED IN 2010.
>> Jimmy: NOW YOU HAVE A REUNION
SPECIAL THAT'S SET TO AIR ON
CHRISTMAS DAY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Jimmy: YOU PUT IT UP, IT GOT
LIKE 3 MILLION VIEWS FOR THE
TRAILER IMMEDIATELY.
AND THIS WAS WEIRD BECAUSE IT'S
SOMETHING WE DON'T REALLY KNOW
ABOUT HERE EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW
YOU.
>> WELL, THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF
AMERICA DOESN'T UNDERSTAND, IS
THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER COUNTRIES.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THEY'RE ALL DOING STUFF.
IT'S AN AMAZING -- I SOMETIMES
HAVE TO REMIND THE TEACHERS IN
MY SON'S SCHOOL, LIKE YOU KNOW
THERE'S OTHER STUFF GOING ON.
>> Jimmy: WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT IT.
>> YOU THOUGHT YOUR PRESIDENT,
HE'S NOT GREAT, WE'VE GOT A
PRIME MINISTER, HE'S AN IDIOT.
IT'S DIFFICULT.
>> Jimmy: ARE YOU GOING HOME FOR
THE HOLIDAYS?
>> YEAH, WE'LL BE GOING BACK
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.
>> Jimmy: YOU'LL THEREBY FOR --
>> I'LL GET TO WATCH THE SHOW,
YEAH.
AND IF PEOPLE HATE IT, I'LL GET
OUT AS SOON AS I CAN.
>> Jimmy: IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
JAMES CORDEN, EVERYBODY.
GO SEE HIM IN "CATS" DECEMBER
20th.
AND EVERY NIGHT AS SOON AS OUR
SHOW IS OVER.