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JAN MOIR: James Corden has swapped Hollywood for the Old Vic. So will playing an ex-soldier in a downward spiral revive his career?
We all know there is one word that describes James Corden. A single word that sums him up like no other. And that word is 'can't'. For there is absolutely nothing that James can't do.
Few could have guessed that after leaving Hollywood and the high-wattage glam of his star-packed American TV chat show, following an eight-year run that made him an international star and a millionaire many times over, that he would end up on the stage of the Old Vic theatre in London, playing a downbeat and damaged former soldier whose life is falling apart. The murders of MPs Jo Cox and Sir David Amess, along with the recent resignation of MP Mike Freer over safety concerns, also inform the play, while Labour's Jess Phillips points out that 'threats of intimidation and harassment in this campaign mean that planned events are nearly impossible to go to'. However, Corden must be commended for taking on this difficult and taxing role when he could be reclining on the feather bed of his chatty man status, interviewing the likes of David Beckham and asking Kim Kardashian about her pants on a lucrative global podcast series — and to be fair, he is doing that, too.
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