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got off to a slow start with every celebrity approached refusing to take part. “Everyone in this room, just in your mind, think of a recording artist. Pop one in your head, see them, think of their name,” Corden instructed the packed Dolby Theatre. “Everyone got one? They said no.” Corden with Mila Kunis and Tom Hanks on The Late Late Show.
SLOW START
Corden introduced the segment soon after the show started and it quickly took on a life beyond late-night television, with 1.3 billion views on YouTube.
The most successful skit starred Adele, the mega-star British ballad singer who showed a close-up and more laidback side to herself.
Adele’s segment has been seen more than 152 million times on YouTube in 14 months, the most ever for a segment from the world of late-night television comedy.
Corden and executive producers Ben Winston and Rob Crabbe “had never been more sure” of an idea, the comedian and actor told the audience at the event.
Over 80 minutes, Corden, Winston and Crabbe answered numerous questions about making the show from audience members and the moderator, actor Bradley Whitford of The West Wing fame.
One fan asked if Corden would consider having President Donald Trump as a guest.
“When he was running for president, he didn’t stop by our show, but I felt like we had the absolute game to play with Donald Trump,” Corden said.
“I really felt like the game I wanted to play if he came on the show was called ‘Stand By It, or Take It Back’ [with] Donald Trump and things that he had said on the campaign trail.
“You’ve got a chance now... do you stand by it or take it back? If you take it back, you have to take it back forever and if you stand by it, you’ve got to tell me why. I felt like that was such a good game... but he never came by.”