Reminiscing about history, boys?
Pals Corden and Cooper reunite for drinks, cigs and an e-bike ride 18 years after finding fame in play
THEY went down in history when they starred in an award-winning play as young actors.
Now James Corden and Dominic Cooper have shown their friendship is still going strong 18 years later.
Corden, 43, and Cooper, 44, played schoolboys in writer Alan Bennett’s The History Boys in London and on Broadway before starring in a 2006 movie version.
Corden went on to become a top US chat show host while Cooper starred in the
Mamma Mia! films. The friends were reunited for drinks and cigarettes at swish London restaurant Scott’s. They then threw caution to the wind as they cycled off without helmets on matching electric bikes amid busy traffic in the capital.
With an estimated combined fortune of more than £60million, Corden and Cooper’s
jaunt to Scott’s is a far cry from life in their 20s when they shared a humble London flat.
Corden, who has three children with his wife Julia Carey, found further success as Smithy in BBC comedy Gavin And Stacey before heading to the US in 2015.
He is currently planning to end his stint on The Late Late Show – which features him singing with stars in Carpool Karaoke – and return to the UK next year. Cooper, who introduced Corden to Julia, is the godfather of their first child Max.