James Corden “most difficult obnoxious presenter,” claims TV director
06.04.2023 - 11:25
/ nme.com
James Corden as the “most difficult and obnoxious presenter” he has ever worked with.Craig Duncan – who worked with the comic in 2013 – took to YouTube to share his experience of working with Corden on the set of the TV series A League Of Their Own.As detailed in the video, Duncan was tasked with directing Corden, as well as Freddie Flintoff, Jamie Redknapp and Jack Whitehall, for an episode of the show – filming a Masterchef-style challenge outside of the studio.“The most difficult and obnoxious presenter I have ever worked with was James Corden,” he said at the beginning of the video. “I was asked by his production company [if] would I be willing to direct a challenge that was gonna be part of their A League of Their Own show.
It was season seven, episode three, and I’ll never forget it.”He continued: “They said, ‘How are you at working with difficult presenters?’ I say, ‘Oh right, OK. Well, I’ve filmed the Three Tenors before, and you can’t get more of a prima donna than an opera singer.’”Duncan explained that he was later asked to come in and see a rehearsal of the show to become more familiar with the host’s style.
“It came to a point where he had to read from a card,” Duncan recalled, describing what Corden was like during the run-through.“[There was] kind of a joke in there, and he just looked at it like, ‘That’s not funny, that’s not funny. It’s shit.
We have to rewrite that’.”Assuming Corden was having a bad day at the time, he agreed to film the upcoming segment. However, he later described the tense atmosphere on set, and explained that the team had just five minutes to get the shot they needed.“We were working it out,” Duncan explained.
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