James Corden's Former Director Has Some Unflattering Things to Say About Him

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TV director Craig Duncan is not holding back with his criticism of his former colleague, James Corden.

The duo once worked together in 2013 on the set of the comedy panel series A League of Their Own, which also starred Jack Whitehall, Andrew Flintoff, and Jamie Redknapp. Craig made a YouTube video and did not have the most flattering things to say about the Late Late Show host. Keep reading to find out more… Craig called James “the most difficult and obnoxious presenter I’ve ever worked with.” “There was a joke, and I remember [Corden] just looked at it like, ‘That’s not funny, that’s not funny, ah sh-t, we have to rewrite this,’” he said in the video. “I dunno, maybe he was having a bad day, I thought, and the writing had just not been up to scratch, but I definitely thought, ‘Man, you know, somebody wrote that, not nice to do that.’ But television isn’t for the faint-hearted and sometimes you have to take these knocks on the chin.

I just kept thinking of the person who wrote the joke and that they’re doing the best with what they’ve been given, which was a garbage show, as far as I was concerned.” James was apparently pressed for time as they had to rework another shot at one point. “We were working [out how to shoot the shot] when old bugger-lugs pipes up,” Craig continued. “[James said], ‘What the fuck is going on here?

It’s obvious what you do. You put a camera there. You put a camera there. You put a camera there. You put a camera there It’s so obvious how you shoot it, you’re stupid.’ And I’m like, ‘He’s absolutely right, guys, let’s do that, that’s the best thing to do.’” He also claimed that James showed up 45 minutes late. “It was Season 7, Episode 3, and I’ll never forget it,” he said.