James Corden breaks down in tears as he pays tribute to Gavin and Stacey cast during final episode filming
JAMES Corden broke down in tears as he paid tribute to the cast of Gavin and Stacey during the filming of the final episode.
Fans of the long-running sitcom previously tuned into BBC One to watch the last ever instalment on Christmas Day.
James, 46, created Gavin and Stacey with best pal and long-standing collaborator Ruth Jones, 58.
She also starred in the series as the fan-favourite character, Vanessa Shanessa “Nessa” Jenkins.
The Carpool Karaoke TV presenter also wrote himself a part in the series as Neil “Smithy” Smith.
During the production of the highly-anticipated episode, cameras rolled to capture the emotional behind the scenes moments.
The new documentary, Gavin and Stacey: A Fond Farewell aired on New Year’s Day.
Before the last ever day of filming, Ruth and James gathered the entire cast in a room.
This included the likes of Matthew Horne, Joanna Page, Rob Brydon, Larry Lamb, Melanie Walters, and Alison Steadman.
When James was chosen to reflect on the success of the hit sitcom, he couldn’t help but get emotional.
He broke down in tears as he made a speech to the rest of his co-stars, he admitted: “I feel very lucky, really [for] all of it.
“You have an idea with a friend, and then 20 years later you’re sort of sitting talking like this, it’s overwhelming, really.
“I don’t know if you, as actors in this room know how much Ruth and I owe you the success of the show.”
He continued: “Like [on] so many days, we would write a scene, and then you’d go, ‘I don’t know if this is right. I don’t know if it’s good enough’.
“And then you’d put it in your voices, and it would just be all right.”
The former Late Late Show star added: “And then to come back and do this one, I don’t know. It feels very, very special.
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- Smithy and Rudi’s American Boy rap – No one will ever forget when James Corden and Sheridan Smith rapped perfectly word for word the Kanye West and Estelle hit American Boy as they walked across the car park on the phone to Gavin.
- Pam’s Vegetarian faux pas – Despite loving a cheesburger, Pam found herself caught up in a web of unexpected lies when she claimed to be Vegetarian. She is forced to keep up the secret throughout the entire show and uses hubby Mick to help her scoff meat. She is later rumbled when Stacey catches her in the act as she scoffs ham in the kitchen. Stacey says to her: “Is that ham, Pam!?… “I’ve seen you, Pam. A scotch egg here, a bit of bacon there, putting those regular sausages into the Linda McCartney box”.
- THAT fishing trip – It remains one of the biggest mysteries in Gavin and Stacey history as to just exactly what did happen on the ill-fated fishing trip. Bryn appears to be hiding a secret as to an occurance between him and his nephew Jason which has left relations fractures. Ness’ on-off boyfriend, Dave, is the only other person to know the whole truth. Bryn did appear to allude to him and Jason lying together naked to keep warm as he said to Dave: “We’re going to have this out, once and for all, man to man, you may know what happened, David, but you don’t know why it happened! It was freezing cold, it was! And when you are that cold…”
- Islands in the Stream – No one can ever forget the classic Karaoke performance of Islands in the Stream. Nessa and Bryn performed the track in front of all their nearest and dearest. It saw the whole pub burst into some line-dancing as they enjoyed a boozy night out.
- The Xmas special proposal – In 2019, fans were left overjoyed when the show made a comeback but it ended on the ultimate cliffhanger. Nessa asked Smithy if she would marry him as she finally laid bare her feelings for him. Fans were gutted as the show then cut straight to the credits as they never found out just how Smithy answered. Will all be revealed in the brand new episode?
“I feel very, very lucky to have been able to create this for such a brilliant group of people.”
Ruth Jones then stated: “If i die the day after tomorrow, I will die knowing that i have been very, very blessed to have been part of such a beautiful show and to have worked with such a gorgeous group of people, both on and off screen.
“Thank you to everybody. And I raise my glass to you all!”
The whole cast then raised an emotional toast to all of their success and to last day of filming.