EXCLUSIVE: James Corden had to write Gavin & Stacey after being ignored for TV roles because showbiz ‘prefers skinnies’
James Corden had to write Gavin & Stacey after being ignored for TV roles because showbiz ‘prefers skinnies’
“It’s a funny world, entertainment. If an alien came down and they had to take a reading on planet Earth by just watching films or TV, they would imagine that if you are chubby, or fat, or big, you never really fall in love, you never have sex, certainly no one really ever finds you attractive. “As you get older you’ll probably be a judge in something or be dropping off a television to a handsome person in a sitcom.James says people often still refer to him as his Gavin & Stacey character Smithy — much to the surprise of his wife Julia, who he reckons has never watched the show
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