Category Archives: Interview

March 9, 2010
A League of Their Own – March 11 Premiere– also posted in TV

James Corden’s new sports comedy quiz show, A League of Their Own, premieres 11 March at 9pm on Sky1. We posted a few videos below, but click over to Sky1 for more video, details, background and interviews.
The lineup kick’s off with an hour-long special featuring world heavyweight boxing champion David Haye, and the voice of [...]

March 7, 2010
Corden calls sketch show “a mistake”

In a recent interview, James Corden called his failed sketch show with Mat Horne “a mistake.”
The show originally aired early last year on BBC3 and was widely panned by critics, although a small-but-loyal fan base emerged.
Despite conflicting reports from BBC3 (originally calling the show a “smashing success”), series 2 was first rumored to be green-lit [...]

February 25, 2010
Corden yearns to be West Ham mascot– also posted in TV

The Daily Star is reporting that James Corden wants to be the West Ham United mascot, Herbie the Hammer.
“James made the confession to DJ Chris Moyles on his C4 Quiz Night show,” according to the Star.
The football-loving Corden has a long-standing love affair with the West Ham squad. His Gavin & Stacey character Smithy [...]

February 16, 2010
Corden chats about new sports show– also posted in TV

James Corden chats with MSN about his upcoming sports comedy show.
The new program, A League of Their Own, is described as a sports-comedy show and airs on Sky1 starting in March.
Video: James Corden – Interview

November 25, 2009
Gordon Smart – Behind the Scenes with Gavin & Stacey– also posted in TV

The Sun’s Bizarre editor Gordon Smart has a unique vantage point for this week’s Gavin & Stacey press coverage – behind the scenes as an actor with a bit part.
Smart plays a barkeep in the third and final series, set to air this Thursday at 9pm on BBC1.
Aside from his own observations of what it’s [...]

November 25, 2009
Gavin & Stacey – Cardiff says Goodbye– also posted in TV

Keeping with the flurry of press leading up to tomorrow’s premiere of the third (and final) series of Gavin & Stacey, The Independent published a profile piece Saturday.
While focused on the rise & success of Gavin & Stacey, the article also touches on sparse details of the third series and even the planned US version [...]

November 23, 2009
Corden and Jones Interview in The Observer

Gavin & Stacey, Series Three premieres this Thursday at 9pm on BBC1.
Which means co-creators Ruth Jones and James Corden are making the press rounds. There are a number of new interview to post, but perhaps the longest and most comprehensive is with The Observer.
In what’s become a bit of a standard James/Ruth write-up in the [...]

November 10, 2009
Gavin & Stacey Series 3 – James Corden Interview– also posted in TV

Fan site for the hit comedy, gavinandstacey.com, has transcript of an interview with James Corden about the upcoming third and final Gavin & Stacey series (premiere set to air 9pm, 26 Nov on BBC ONE).
A few excerpts:
At the end of the Christmas special we saw Smithy asking Nessa not to marry Dave – what’s occurin’ [...]

August 23, 2009
James Corden on West Ham United

Like his Gavin & Stacey character Smithy, James Corden is a long-time. die-hard West Ham United fan.
BBC Football Focus has a new video interview of Corden at the West Ham Stadium (click for video).
Topics ran the gamut, including Corden’s Comic Relief Football pep speech.

June 7, 2009
Corden Interview: Fame, Career, Gavin & Stacey + Telstar

James Corden has given an in-depth inteview with The Observer, covering a range of topics from his career, rise to fame, upcoming film Telstar and Gavin & Stacey.
After briefly discussing the general pros + cons of celebrity, the conversation quickly turns to Corden’s own fall from grace earlier this year. After the much acclaimed Gavin [...]