James Corden has revealed the script for the final episode of Gavin And Stacey is still not finished yet and none of the cast have read it.
The comedian, 45, and his co-writer Ruth Jones, 57, have penned the last ever episode of the beloved sitcom, due to air on Christmas Day.
James, who is currently busy performing in new play The Constituent at the Old Vic, admitted the pair still want to make a few tweaks to the script before filming begins in autumn.
Speaking on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on BBC Rado 2, he said: ‘We’ll be shooting in around September/October time. It’s going to be tight to get it in and delivered.
‘Building that show is lke building a Jenga puzzle, cast availabilities and all that. It’ll be OK, yeah. Once I open the play in a couple of weeks, Ruth and I have to do one last pass and clean up of it really.
James Corden has revealed the script for the final episode of Gavin And Stacey is still not finished yet and none of the cast have read it
James, who is currently busy performing in new play The Constituent at the Old Vic, admitted the pair still want to make a few tweaks to the script before filming begins in autumn
The comedian, 45, and his co-writer Ruth Jones, 57, have penned the last ever episode of the beloved sitcom, due to air on Christmas Day
‘The cast are like, when can I read it? We don’t want to really give it to anybody if we feel like we have to make a few trims and adjustments but I’m really excited to share it with people.’
Ruth recently told how she teases fans of Gavin and Stacey by telling them the final episode of the heartwarming sitcom will feature a shocking death.
Speaking on co-star Rob Brydon’s podcast the actress, 57, said how she is constantly badgered by fans following the announcement, desperate to know what happens in the finale.
Currently starring in West End musical Sister Act she said: ‘A couple of people at the stage door, say “What’s going to happen, is Smithy going to say yes?”.
At the climax of the last Christmas episode in 2019, Nessa (Ruth) got down on one knee to propose to Smithy (James), but viewers never got to hear his response.
Ruth went on to say despite telling fans that they may regret having the surprise spoiled, fans continue to beg.
She laughed: ‘So, I go (jokingly) “there’s going to be helicopter crash, most of the cast are going to get killed” and I just make stuff up!’
Elsewhere during his chat with Zoe, James expressed his love for Snow Patrol and recalled how singer Gary Lightbody performed at his wedding to wife Julia Carey in 2012.
James added: ‘Building that show is lke building a Jenga puzzle, cast availabilities and all that. It’ll be OK, yeah. Once I open the play in a couple of weeks, Ruth and I have to do one last pass and clean up of it really’
Elsewhere during his chat with Zoe, James expressed his love for Snow Patrol and recalled how singer Gary Lightbody performed at his wedding to wife Julia Carey in 2012
He said: ‘It really did cross my mind when I listened to it. They’ve been a constant in our show’ (pictured with Zoe Ball)
He said: ‘Gary did on an acoustic guitar sat in the corner of the church.
‘I’m always in awe of him and the way he can take a feeling and make it feel like, you thought something might have been particular to you and he says, “no no, I feel the same.” I think he’s brilliant.’
After Zoe played Snow Patrol’s new song The Beginning, James said he is considering including the track in the final.
He said: ‘It really did cross my mind when I listened to it. They’ve been a constant in our show. Series one we used their song You Could Be Happy. We wrote to them to ask for permission.
‘In series two we used Open Your Eyes. It would be nice to find a space but we don’t think about that until it’s all shot and done.’
James also opened up about his battles with stage fright in the past, telling how he went to see a specialist ahead of his second time hosting the Brit Awards in 2011
James also opened up about his battles with stage fright in the past, telling how he went to see a specialist ahead of his second time hosting the Brit Awards in 2011.
He recalled: ‘The second time I hosted the Brits was probably the time I had genuine stage fright. I went to see, I don’t know if was really a hypnotist but someone who really helps in that world of overcoming fear.
‘I went to see them the morning of the Brits. I couldn’t sleep, I felt like I was going to throw up, it was so daunting to me.
‘They said something to me which I’m going to hold on to, “You have to change your reaction to nerves and see them as a positive thing in your life. Nerves arise when something matters. When nerves arrive, you have to go, I’m doing something that matters to me, how great these things are here to give me the push I need.” ‘
