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James Corden: 'I never thought David Beckham would share bath with me'
Published Friday, Sep 23 2011, 10:23 BST | By Ryan Love | 11 comments
James Corden has recalled how he ended up sharing a bath with David Beckham for a Comic Relief sketch.
Writing in his new autobiography May I Have Your Attention, Please?, which is being serialised in The Sun, the comedian revealed how he approached the footballer with a list of "ridiculous ideas".
"We put a few outlandish suggestions at the top and then, by the time they had said no to a few things, the next batch would seem more realistic," Corden said. "Top of our list we put: Share a bed with Smithy, have a bath together, restyling David's hair and flower-arranging.
"There was no way on earth he and his agent would say yes to them, so the next few ideas would be much easier to sell. An hour later, David's agent said he was happy to do everything. We couldn't believe it. Never in a million years did we think they'd go for it."
On sharing a bath with Beckham, the Gavin & Stacey star wrote: "In the bath, we were both sitting there, having a chat about anything and everything.
"And all the time I was thinking about the times I'd watched England play, how Becks made me jump out of my seat - The free kick against Greece that took us to the Euros, the penalty against Argentina in the World Cup.
"And here I was, in my pants in the bath with him. If I'd moved my foot two inches to the left, it would have been stroking the golden balls of Goldenballs."
In his book - published on September 29 - Corden also admits that he lost his way in 2008, behaving like a "prat" to those around him.
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Watch the full Smithy sketch, which featured Beckham, below:
Writing in his new autobiography May I Have Your Attention, Please?, which is being serialised in The Sun, the comedian revealed how he approached the footballer with a list of "ridiculous ideas".
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"We put a few outlandish suggestions at the top and then, by the time they had said no to a few things, the next batch would seem more realistic," Corden said. "Top of our list we put: Share a bed with Smithy, have a bath together, restyling David's hair and flower-arranging.
"There was no way on earth he and his agent would say yes to them, so the next few ideas would be much easier to sell. An hour later, David's agent said he was happy to do everything. We couldn't believe it. Never in a million years did we think they'd go for it."
On sharing a bath with Beckham, the Gavin & Stacey star wrote: "In the bath, we were both sitting there, having a chat about anything and everything.
"And here I was, in my pants in the bath with him. If I'd moved my foot two inches to the left, it would have been stroking the golden balls of Goldenballs."
In his book - published on September 29 - Corden also admits that he lost his way in 2008, behaving like a "prat" to those around him.
> James Corden admits misreading Lily Allen romance signs
> James Corden: 'I think about money a lot less than I used to'
Watch the full Smithy sketch, which featured Beckham, below:
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