{"id":219435,"date":"2019-06-18T23:44:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T03:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=219435"},"modified":"2019-06-18T23:44:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T03:44:54","slug":"cordens-late-late-show-visits-london-gets-silly-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/18\/cordens-late-late-show-visits-london-gets-silly-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Corden’s ‘Late Late Show’ visits London, gets silly in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: A little moment of zen before tonight\u2019s #LateLateLondon premiere (Photo<\/a>: @latelateshow\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES \u2014 When James Corden takes his \u201cThe Late Late Show\u201d to England, he does it up royally.<\/p>\n

He’s yet to ask Queen Elizabeth to join him, but this week’s London-based shows include British and U.S. stars including Tom Hanks and Lily James and a pre-taped segment with former first lady Michelle Obama.<\/p>\n

It’s the third year that Corden has travelled to his native city for the CBS show, and he refused to let the task of hosting last week’s Tony Awards interfere.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe enjoy jumping headfirst into all of these things, and tired isn’t a good enough reason,\u201d Corden said Monday, the start of a four-night run of shows from London’s historic Central Hall Westminster. He said he counts himself \u201cincredibly lucky\u201d to have such opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t want to look back and go, ‘Ah, I should have made the most of that and I didn’t because I was a little bit tired,\u201d’ Corden said.<\/p>\n

Among the bits: A battle-of-the-sexes dodgeball match in which Obama teams with Melissa McCarthy, Allison Janney, Kate Hudson, Mila Kunis and Lena Waithe against Corden, Benedict Cumberbatch, Harry Styles, John Bradley and \u201cLate Late Show\u201d bandleader Reggie Watts.<\/p>\n

One sketch has the host competing with Chris Hemsworth to see who would be the better restaurant employee, while \u201cDark Phoenix\u201d cast members Jessica Chastain, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and Sophie Turner join Corden for a double-decker bus tour of London.<\/p>\n

Late-night show highlights can have a significant online afterlife, and Corden’s \u201cCarpool Karaoke\u201d segment with Paul McCartney in his English hometown of Liverpool was a viral sensation last year.<\/p>\n

This time around, the host is especially pleased with a new installment of his \u201cCrosswalk: The Musical\u201d fixture, this one featuring songs from \u201cLes Miserables\u201d and taped in Paris with the Arc de Triomphe as a background player.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole idea of it is so silly, so stupid,\u201d he said, happily. \u201cHowever you think the Parisian residents might respond to such a thing is exactly how they did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Would that be turning up their noses?<\/p>\n

\u201cExactly how you think they did,\u201d Corden said. \u201cIt was glorious.\u201d<\/p>\n

This week’s guests besides Hanks include Ian McKellen, Gillian Anderson and Millie Bobby Brown, with musical acts Little Mix and Mumford & Sons.<\/p>\n

Corden said he goes abroad with \u201cThe Late Late Show\u201d to ensure the program is \u201calways on the move, it’s always ambitious.\u201d<\/p>\n

He draws the line, however, at inviting her royal majesty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would never demean her, as such, to ask,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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