OKAY, GUYS, GATHER AROUND,
GATHER AROUND.
ARE YOU PROBABLY WONDERING WHY
I'M HOLDING THIS ROSE.
THE REASON I'M HOLDING THIS ROSE
IS THE PRODUCTION WE WILL BE
PERFORMING IS A TALE AS OLD AS
TIME, A SONG AS OLD.
>> OH MY GOD, WE'RE DOING BEAUTY
AND THE BEAST.
>> James: NO I WAS SAYING
THAT, I WAS GOING TO BE THE
PERSON THAT SAYS THAT, I'M
SAYING THAT.
WE WILL BE PERFORMING BEUTY &
THE BEAST.
WHEN CHOOSING OUR NEXT
PRODUCTION, I WANTED TO MAKE
SURE WE WERE CHALLENGED EVEN
FURTHER AS A CAST.
JOINING THE CAST FOR THIS
PRODUCTION OF BEUTY AND THE
BEAST HERE FROM THE LIVE ACTION
MOTION PICTURE BEUTY AND THE
BEAST, LUKE EVANS, DAN STEVENS
AND JOSH GAD.
(APPLAUSE)
>> WELCOME TO THE COMPANY,
WELCOME, WELCOME.
>> WE ARE ALL THRILLED TO BE
HERE.
>> WE REALLY ARE.
IT'S AFTER ALL THAT TIME ON SET,
IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING TO
PERFORM IN FRONT OF A LIVE
AUDIENCE AGAIN.
>> YEAH, TO BE INVITEED BY JAMES
TO PERFORM IN THE CROSS WALK
OUTSIDE OF CBS, THAT IS WHAT WE
CALL A DREAM COME TRUE.
>> WE'RE PERFORMING WHERE?
>> LISTEN, I DON'T CARE IF IT
THIS IS YOUR FIRST EVER
PRODUCTION, OR YOU'RE SOME BIG
TIME HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STAR.
WE ARE A COMPANY AND WE TRUST
EACH OTHER.
OKAY?
I WILL SHOW YOU THAT I TRUST
YOU.
I TRUST YOU.
>> THAT WAS MY BAD, WE WERE
DOING A GAME.
>> ARE YOU OKAY, ARE YOU FINE.
>> I'M COMPLETELY FIVE,
COMPLETELY FIVE, IT'S ALWAYS
DIFFICULT WHEN NEWCOMERS JOIN
THE PRODUCTION.
>> EVERYBODY, WALK, NICE.
SMOOTH.
AND WE MOVE.
>> I HAVE TO PUT THEM THROUGH
THEIR PACES.
IN THE PARKING LOT, THAT'S THE
CLOSEST YOU WILL EVER GET TO
BEING OUT THERE ON THE CROSS
WALK.
BE OUR GUEST, BE OUR GUEST.
♪.
>> PUT OUR SERVICE TO THE TEST.
♪ TIE YOUR NAPKIN AROUND YOUR
NECK.
>> MORE THAN THAT, JOSH, THAT
COULD HAVE BEEN A SCHOOL BUS.
STEP FORWARD FOR ME, LUKE, WHO
DO YOU PLAY IN THE FILM.
>> GASTON.
>> WELL, LET'S SEE IF ARE YOU
GOOD ENOUGH TO PLAY IT IN THIS
PRODUCTION.
SO THE LINE SAYS, I THINK THE
LINE SAYS NO ONE FIGHTS LIKE
GASTON.
>> YEAH, IT DOES.
>> James: WELL, LET'S FIND
OUT.
>> I'M NOT SEEING A BEAST.
>> JUST TRY AND SHOW YOU THE
BEAST, TRY AND SHOW ME WHAT
YOU'VE GOT.
>> NO, NO, NO IT SHOULD BE LIKE
ROOARR.
>> THAT'S IT.
THE STRUT.
>> OKAY.
HE JUST GAVE US THE EXACT SAME
ROLES THAT WE HAD IN THE MOVIE
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAD TO DO
ANY OF THAT.
>> WELL, YEAH, IT DID SEEM LIKE
A BIT OF A WASTE OF TIME, BUT
YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M STILL LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE SHOW.
>> YEAH, BEVERLY AND AGAIN SEE,
HERE WE COME-- GEN SEE, HERE WE
COME.
>> James: DANIEL-DAY LEWIS
PLAYED ABRAHAM LINCOLN, MERYL
STREEP PLAYED MARGARET THACHER.
JAMES CORDEN PLAYED BELLE.
THOSE THREE WILL ALWAYS BE
REGARDED AS SIMILAR.
IF NOT THE SAME.
>> THIS IS T IT'S OPENING NIGHT.
LET'S GIVE IT EVERYTHING WE'VE
GOT, OKAY, GUYS.
OKAY?
OKAY.
EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY, SAY CROSS
WALK.
>> CROSS WALK.
>> James: SAY BEUTY & THE
BEAST.
>> BEUTY AND THE BEAST.
>> James: SAY JAMES CORDEN.
>> LET'S GET OUT THERE.
HERE WE GO.
HERE WE GO.
CONCENTRATE, LET'S GET OUT
THERE, HERE WE GO.
IT'S A QUIET CITY.
♪ EVERY DAY.
♪ THAN THE ONE BEFORE.
♪ IN A TOWN.
♪ FULL OF LITTLE PEOPLE.
♪ WAKING UP TO SAY.
♪.
>> BONJOUR.
♪.
>> BONJOUR.
♪ BONJOUR.
♪ THERE GOES THE BAKER WITH HIS
TRAY LIKE ALWAYS.
♪ THE SAME OLD BREAD AND ROLLS
TO SELL.
♪ EVERY MORNING JUST THE SAME.
♪ IS A MORNING THAT WE CAME.
♪ TO THIS POOR PROVINCIAL TOWN.
♪ THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
YOU WERE AMAZING.
THERE WAS SOMEONE LOOKING
THROUGH THEIR SUN ROOF, GUYS.
THAT IS STANDING OVATION, A
STANDING OVATION.
LET'S KEEP IN THE ZONE.
LET'S GO.
COME ON.
GET O THERE.
NO ONE FIGHTS LIKE GASTON.
♪
♪ LIKE GASTON.
♪ AS YOU SEE I'VE GOT BICEPS TO
SPARE.
♪.
>> NOT AN INCH OF HIM SCRAGGILY
OR SCRAWNY.
♪ AND EVERY LAST INCH IS COVERED
WITH HAIR.
♪.
>> CAR, CAR, CAR.
BE SAFE, BE SAFE, BE SAFE.
>> IT WAS GOOD.
>> BE OUR GUEST, BE OUR GUEST,
BE OUR GUEST.
♪ BE OUR GUEST.
♪.
>> INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I
DIDN'T GET TO PLAY THIS PART IN
THE MOVIE AND I'M ACTUALLY KIND
OF GLAD.
BECAUSE WHO WANTS TO DO IT IN
FRONT OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN A
FILM WHEN YOU CAN DO IT IN FRONT
OF HALF A DOZEN LYFT AND UBER
DRIVE DRIVERS HERE.
♪ BE OUR GUEST.
♪ BE OUR GUEST.
♪ PUT OUR SERVICE TO THE TEST.
♪ TIE YOUR NAPKIN AROUND YOUR
NECK CHERI.
♪ AND WE'LL PROVIDE THE REST.
♪ SOUP DU JOUR.
♪ HOT HORS D'OEUVRES.
♪ IT IS DELICIOUS.
♪ DON'T BELIEVE KNEE ASK THE
DISHES.
♪
♪ AND A DINNER HERE IS NEVER
SECOND.
♪.
>> CAR, CAR, CAR.
[BLEEP] [BLEEP] THAT WAS
AMAZING!
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
INCREDIBLE?
AMAZING.
>> THAT WAS TOUGH BECAUSE YOU
WANT TO BE WELCOMING.
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO SAY BE OUR
GUEST BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU
KIND OF WANT TO SAY STAY THERE,
DON'T RUN ME OVER.
>> YOU LOOK GORGEOUS.
>> I TOTALLY WOULD.
ARE YOU READY?
>> YEAH, WELL, I HAVEN'T BEEN
OUT THERE YET.
BUT IT LOOKS PRETTY TERRIFYING.
LOOKS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS.
>> IT'S YOUR TIME TO SHINE.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T DO
THIS.
OF COURSE YOU CAN DO THIS, IT
ISN'T DANGEROUS, LOOK AT ME, OF
COURSE YOU CAN DO T GET OUT
THERE AND DO IT LOOK AT ME, WE
CAN DO THIS, IT'S BEUTY AND THE
BEAST.
>> A TALE AS OLD AS TIME.
>> A TALE AS OLD AS TIME.
♪
♪
♪ TALE AS OLD AS TIME.
♪ BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
♪.
>> CAR, CAR, CAR!
>> OH MY GOD, I WAS WRONG, THAT
WAS INCREDIBLE.
THAT WAS THE MOST INVIGORATING
THING I HAVE EVER DONE.
THAT WAS JUST-- YOU KNOW, I
CROSSED THAT ROAD AND ON THE
OTHER SIDE WAS EVERYTHING I LOVE
ABOUT THEATER.
AND A GAS STATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> James: THANK YOU, THANK
YOU.
>> James: PEOPLE WILL SAY, YOU
KNOW, WHERE WERE YOU.
WHEN THE CROSS WALK THEATER
COMPANY PERFORMS BEUTY & THE
BEAST.
YOU CAN SAY WELL, I WAS ON
BEVERLY AND GENESEE RUNNING LATE
FOR THE DENTIST.
