“I’ve known John a very long time”, he told the audience.
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The pair explains that their “electric” chemistry comes from having worked together since 1939.
Krasinski was on the show to promote The Hollars, an upcoming film he stars in and directed, and he teamed up with Corden on the video.
“Bizarrely, we’ve been fired from every single one of them”, Krasinski added.
The duo are then shown failing miserably during auditions for films such as A Few Good Men, Gone with the Wind, Pulp Fiction and Into the Woods.
In spite of him relocating to Los Angeles and becoming a success story, Corden, who has openly discussed his fluctuating weight in the past, says Hollywood still has a way to go in its depictions of plus-size people.
Jeez, did we all see the same outtakes from these movies?
In the never-before-seen footage, Corden played Scarlett O’Hara while Krasinski flubbed the part of Rhett Butler, declaring, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a care”, while wearing aviator sunglasses before dropping a microphone.
Explanation, please. In the new issue of Rolling Stone, James Corden says he wants to know why Hollywood tends to portray only certain kinds of protagonists and heroines falling in love – specifically, those who are fit and good looking.
“Gone With the Wind, more like Gone With Three Hours of My Life”, Corden quipped.
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Take for example how they both manage to mess up Jules’ Pulp Fiction biblical verse monologue because it’s way too easy to fall into Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise”. Watch the clips below!
