WE'RE HERE WITH OUR FRIEND THE GREAT JAMES CORDEN.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON
"THE LATE LATE SHOW" AND THE SUCCESS OVER THERE.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: AND THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS OF CAR POOL KARAOKE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THAT IDEA?
HOW DID IT START?
>> I DID A SITCOM FOR THE B.B.C.
CALLED GAVIN AND STACY, IT DID WELL AND MY CHARACTER WAS QUITE
POPULAR.
THERE'S A HUGE THING AT HOME CALLED COMIC RELIEF, A CHARITY
THAT RAISES MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF POUNDS FOR PEOPLE
WHO DESPERATELY NEED IT AND THE TRADEOFF IS WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME
COMEDY AND YOU DONATE SOME MONEY.
MY CHARACTER DID SOME SKETCHES THAT WERE QUITE POPULAR.
WE WERE COMING OUT WITH A NEW ONE AND I HAD THIS IDEA -- MY
ORIGINAL IDEA WAS TO PICK GEORGE MICHAEL UP FROM PRISON IN A CAR.
>> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT.
AND TEN WE'LL REALIZE MAYBE WE'LL LOSE THE PRISON BUT THERE
IS STILL FUN FOR ME AND GEORGE TO BE IN THE CAR AND WE'LL SING
WHAM SONGS.
IT WAS JUST PART OF THE SKETCH.
>> Stephen: WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO.
>> BABY, I'M YOUR MAN AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY JOYFUL ABOUT IT AND WE DECIDED -- I
WONDERED IF IT WAS IDEA, LOS ANGELES, TRAFFIC, CAR POOL
LANES, KARAOKE, TRAFFIC, DRIVING PEOPLE IN THE CAR, SINGING
SONGS, GREAT, PEOPLE WERE GOING TO LOVE THIS.
NO ONE WANTED TO DO IT.
NO ONE AT ALL.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
COULDN'T GET ANYBODY TO BITE?
>> OH, GOD!
IMAGINE A RECORDING ARTIST.
THEY SAID NO.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
THERE WASN'T ANYONE THAT WOULD DO IT.
THEN IT WAS A CHANCE MEETING MARIAH CAREYY AND SHE SAID,
OKAY, I'LL DO IT AND -- >> Stephen: CHANCE MEETING.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) I WAS IN THE STEAM ROOM WITH
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA AND MARIAH CAREYY, YEAH.
>> GO AHEAD.
WE DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD TURN OUT THE WAY IT HAS.
IT'S GREAT.
WE HAVE ONE GOING OUT ON THE SHOW FOR THE TONY AWARDS WHICH
IS ME, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, AUDRA McDONALD, JESSE TYLER FERGUSON
AND JANE KRAKOWSKI.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) WE DID THE BEST OF BROADWAY
SPECIAL.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
IT'S FUN.
>> Stephen: SO THE SHOW'S A BIG SUCCESS.
YOU'RE IN LOS ANGELES.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU STARTED YOUR CAREER IN LONDON.
ARE YOU BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE AN AMERICAN NOW OR DO YOU --
>> UM...
>> Stephen: DOES LOS ANGELES FEEL LIKE HOME OR DO YOU MISS
LONDON A LOT?
>> I MISS LONDON.
I VERY MUCH MISS BEING AT HOME.
I MISS ARCHITECTURE AND MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
>> Stephen: YOU MISS ARCHITECTURE?
(LAUGHTER) (APPLAUSE)
>> TRULY.
>> Stephen: DO THEY NOT HAVE STRIP MALLS IN LONDON?
>> NOT SO MUCH.
IT'S A WEIRD THING.
IT'S FUNNY, BECAUSE YOU CERTAINLY FEEL A SENSE OF IT
HERE IN NEW YORK, BUT IN LONDON, PARTICULARLY FOR ANYONE, WHEN
ANYONE SAYS TO ME I'M GOING TO LONDON, WHAT SHOULD I DO, I
ALWAYS GO, LOOK UP, BECAUSE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REWARDED.
IF YOU'RE IN LONDON AT ANY POINT OF YOU THINK HOW IS THIS CHURCH
AMONGST THESE SKYSCRAPERS?
BUT IN TERMS OF FEELING -- LOTS OF PEOPLE SAID TO ME BEFORE, OH,
HOW IS IT BEING A BRIT IN AMERICA?
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR JUST ME AND THE FAMILY I GREW UP
IN, BUT I NEVER CONSIDERED MYSELF TO BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN
A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD, REALLY, AND I DON'T THINK OF MYSELF AS
BEING BRITISH NOR AMERICAN.
I SORT OF FEEL WE'RE ALL KIND OF IN IT TOGETHER AND THERE
SHOULDN'T REALLY BE ANY -- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
-- YOU KNOW, OF THOSE -- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> Stephen: I JUST WANTED TO VALIDATE THAT MOMENT BECAUSE I
WAS FEELING IT WITH YOU.
(LAUGHTER) >> I MET A GUY, YOU KNOW THE
VIRGIN GALACTIC ARE DOING THIS THING WHERE RICHARD BRANSON IS
GOING TO TAKE PEOPLE UP TO SPACE FOR EIGHT MINUTES AND YOU CAN
LOOK AT THE EARTH AND SOMEONE WAS TALKING TO ME ABOUT IT THE
OTHER DAY AND I SAID, EIGHT MINUTES, GOING UP, JUST FEELS
LIKE A LOT OF RISK OF POSSIBLY DYING.
HE SAID TO ME IT'S EXACTLY HOW PEOPLE FELT WHEN THE FIRST
PROPELLER PLANES CAME OUT AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS, IN A
TOWN, IN AMERICA OR ACROSS THE WORLD, THEY'D GO UP IN THE AIR
FOR EIGHT MINUTES AND COME DOWN, AND PEOPLE WOULD COME DOWN WITH
A COMPLETELY NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT THEIR HOME WHERE THEY LIVED,
THEIR STATE, BECAUSE THEY'D SEE THAT THESE DIVISIONS BEING
CREATED WERE NOT -- THEY WERE MANMADE DIVISIONS.
WE DECIDED THAT THIS WOULD BE MINE AND THAT WOULD BE YOURS AND
THIS WOULD BE HERE AND THAT WOULD BE HERE.
HE SAID, IMAGINE IF YOU COULD MAKE PEOPLE TODAY REALIZE THAT
ON A GLOBAL SCALE, IF YOU COULD GO UP AND LOOK DOWN AND GO, OH,
IT'S JUST EARTH, AND IT'S OURS TO LOOK AFTER.
IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU BEING FROM HERE OR ME BEING FROM THERE OR
BUILDING A WALL HERE OR DOING THOSE THINGS.
(APPLAUSE) THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT BEING
BRITISH HERE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
>> THANKS, MAN.
(LAUGHTER) >> Stephen: THE 70th ANNUAL
TONY AWARDS WILL AIR LIVE THIS SUNDAY HERE ON CBS --
>> LIVE?!
>> Stephen: -- WITH THE GREAT JAMES CORDEN, EVERYBODY!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) ♪