What makes a great interview?
Seeing someone in a manner or light that youve never really seen them before, said Corden.
Theres an Intimacy to it.
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Your guard is down slightly.
And it contributes to the joy Corden likes to inject in his show something he considered priority No.
1 when launching the CBS late-night show in 2015.
We wanted our show to feel like a fun place, said Corden.
People can enjoy it all day on their phones on their computers.
… We want our audience to be everywhere and everybody.
Here are some of the highlights from Cordens appearance at Entertainment Weeklys pop culture festival:
1.
Thats not Cordens car
The Range Rover Corden uses for Carpook Karaoke isnt his.
Its leased, Corden admitted.
Filming usually lasts an hour or so, but its cut down to 8-15 minutes for broadcast.
People seem to really like it, he said.
I only wanted to have fun, he said.
I didnt care about school.
I wanted to perform any chance I could.
I was an attention-seeking little s.
3.
Id make loads of jokes about how big the pepper grinder was, he said.
(When it wrapped its run overseas in 2010, it attracted 14.5 million viewers.)
Our show was about most peoples everyday lives and involved very little conflict.
For the 10 or so people who did this, it appeared to make their year.
