♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!

WE'RE BACK WITH AMERICA'S SWEETHEART JAMES CORDEN.

TELL ME WHAT THE STORY OF "THE PROM" IS.

THIS IS A BROADWAY MUSICAL TWO YEARS AGO.

WHO TO YOU PLAY IN IT AND WHAT HAPPENS?

>> YEAH, THE FILM IS BASED ON A BROADWAY MUSICAL THAT, AS YOU

SAY, RAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND THE STORY IS BASICALLY

MYSELF AND MERYL STREEP, OUR CHARACTERS HAVE JUST OPENED IN

ELEANOR ROOS VEAL, THE MUSICAL.

( LAUGHTER ) AND IT OPENED AND CLOSED ON

NIGHT ONE.

>> Stephen: SURE.

AND THEN THEY BUMP INTO NICOLE KIDMAN WHO IS A SORT OF

DOWN ON HER LUCK CHORUS GIRL AND ANDREW IS AN OUT OF WORKING

WORKING THE BAR AT SARDIS.

THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD THEIR CAREERS ARE OVER.

THEY'RE TOLD THE SHOW DIDN'T WORK, AND IT DIDN'T BECAUSE

THEY'RE NARCISSISTS AND EGO MANIACS.

THEY THINK THE ONLY WAY TO RESCUE THEIR CAREERS IS TO

BECOME ACTIVISTS.

THEY SAY IF WE CAN FIND A STORY TO PIGGY BACK ON TO WE'LL LOOK

GREAT AND PEOPLE WILL LIKE IS AGAIN.

SO WE HEAR A STORY ABOUT A GIRL IN INDIANA WHO IS TOLD SHE IS

NOT ALLOWED TO ATTEND HER PROM BECAUSE SHE'S GAY AND THEY

DECIDE WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THERE AND RAISE HOLY HELL AND

THIS WILL MAKE PEOPLE THINK WE'RE GOOD PEOPLE.

AND FROM THAT POINT, IT REALLY BECOMES A VERY MOVING AND

UPLIFTING STORY ABOUT ACCEPTANCE, REALLY, ACCEPTANCE

AND WHO YOU LOVE JUST SHOULDN'T MATTER, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S

REALLY WHAT THE FILM IS ABOUT.

I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF IT.

I REALLY AM.

>> Stephen: THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT THE FIRST MUSICAL YOU'VE

DONE WITH MERYL.

"INTO THE WOODS" AND ONE "CATS RECENTLY.

IN CATS, THERE A BUTTHOLE CUT OF CATS, A VERSION WHERE SOMEONE IS

GIVING YOU A DIGITAL BUTTHOLE, JAMES?

>> I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

SO I'VE NOT WATCHED THE FILM.

>> Stephen: WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE?

WOULD YOU RATHER BE ANATOMICALLY CORRECT SO YOU HAVE A BUTTHOLE

OR DON'T HAVE A BUTTHOLE?

>> I THINK EITHER WAY, IT PROBABLY CAN'T SAVE THAT MOVIE.

>> Stephen: I DISAGREE.

I DISAGREE.

I WOULD RENT THE BUTTHOLE CUT.

JUST TO COUNT THEM, YOU KNOW.

>> YEAH.

I'LL PUT A CALL IN.

BUT I THINK -- >> Stephen: PLEASE DO.

ASK McCARTNEY IF HE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

>> HE'LL FIGURE IT OUT FOR SURE.

HE'LL GET WILLIE NELSON TO TEXT SOMEONE ABOUT IT.

>> Stephen: SURE.

( LAUGHTER ) THANK YOU, JAMES.

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

>> AND YOU, SIR.

LOVE TO EVERYBODY OVER THERE.

I MISS COMING TO YOUR STUDIO AND BEING IN THAT MAGNIFICENT ROOM,

BUT IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU.

>> STEPHEN: YOU CAN SEE "THE PROM" IN SELECT THEATERS NOW AND

ON NETFLIX TOMORROW.

JAMES CORDEN, EVERYBODY!

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY FLEET FOXES.

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