James Corden

Desert Island Discs

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🗓️ 12 February 2012

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

James Corden, actor and writer of Gavin & Stacey, is Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor and writer . As a child he longed to act - he found early success in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys and became a household name for the TV show he devised and co-wrote, Gavin and Stacey. These days he's starring in the West End in the comedy One Man, Two Guvnors. It is due to transfer to Broadway in the spring and he says: "I'm well aware that this could well be the best part that I ever play on stage - it's a gift for any actor who has any interest in comedy. It feels like all my dreams come true." Record: Days Like this - Van Morrison Book: A book to learn the piano Luxury: A piano Producer: Leanne Buckle.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Kirstie Young.
0:02.0	Thank you for downloading this podcast of Desert Island Discs from BBC Radio 4.
0:06.5	For rights reasons, the music choices are shorter than in the Radio Broadcast.
0:11.0	For more information about the program, please visit bbc.co.uk-radio4.
0:30.0	My cast away this week is the actor and writer James Corden.
0:38.0	Still in his early 30s success on TV, stage and film has come thick and fast,
0:43.0	and that's just the way he likes it.
0:45.0	He is searingly straightforward about his need, his burning ambition to be in the spotlight.
0:51.0	As a little boy marching in the Salvation Army brass band with his family
0:55.0	gave him an early taste of the thrill of being the centre of attention
0:59.0	facing the applause ever since.
1:01.0	He says, my dream was always to be an actor, and I knew that if I ever did become famous
1:06.0	it would be because I had done something memorable.
1:09.0	And so then James Corden stints on Broadway, The National Theatre,
1:12.0	you're currently starring in the West End in a huge hit,
1:15.0	but it is probably your TV show which you starred in and co-wrote Gavin Stacey.
1:20.0	That is the thing that's made you a household name.
1:23.0	How does the idea which you had for so long of being famous compare
1:26.0	actually with the reality of being famous?
1:29.0	It's okay, you know.
1:31.0	I always find it weird when people might complain about it.
1:35.0	On the whole, I rather like it.
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