IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> IT'S LOVELY TO BE HERE.

>> Jimmy: I WILL SAY WHEN YOU

CAME OUT IN THIS BEAUTIFUL SUIT

FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT OH, I --

OH, I'VE DIED AND THE ANGEL HAS

COME TO TAKE ME.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING FOR.

A SORT OF SPEARMINT ANGEL.

>> Jimmy: YES.

>> I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU.

YOU HAVE DIED.

>> Jimmy: OH.

>> AND THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO

GO DOWN.

>> Jimmy: IT COULD BE WORSE THAN

THIS.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

DID YOU WORK TODAY?

DID YOU SHOOT A SHOW TODAY?

>> WE DIDN'T SHOOT A SHOW.

I'M DOING -- I'VE JUST STARTED

ON -- I'M SHOOTING A FILM AT THE

MINUTE SO, WE'RE NOT ON OUR SHOW

TODAY.

I'LL BE BACK ON THE SHOW

WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY.

AND THEN WE HAVE GUEST HOSTS FOR

A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

>> Jimmy: YOU ARE VERY BUSY.

WHAT FILM ARE YOU SHOOTING RIGHT

NOW?

>> I JUST STARTED A FILM CALLED

"THE PROM."

IT'S A MUSICAL WRITTEN BY --

IT'S BEING DIRECTED BY RYAN

MURPHY.

>> Jimmy: OH, WOW.

>> AND IT'S ME, MERYL STREEP,

NICOLE KIDMAN.

>> Jimmy: OH, THEY'RE VERY GOOD.

>> ANGIE REYNOLDS.

KERRY WASHINGTON.

YEAH.

IT'S UTTERLY TERRIFYING.

IT'S A TERRIFYING THING.

>> Jimmy: WHAT DO YOU PLAY IN

THIS?

>> I PLAY A CHARACTER CALLED

BARRY WHO IS A BROADWAY ACTOR

AND STRUGGLING WITH LIFE AT THE

MOMENT.

>> BARRY'S HAVING TROUBLE?

>> I FEEL UTTERLY TERRIFIED.

>> Jimmy: WHY?

>> BECAUSE I SIGNED UP TO DO IT

IN LIKE FEBRUARY, AND IT'S BEEN

REALLY EXCITING.

I'M GOING TO DO THIS FILM WITH

MERYL STREEP AND NICOLE KIDMAN.

AND NOW I'M LIKE -- I'M LIKE

WHAT AM I DOING?

I ALREADY HAVE A JOB.

DO THIS.

LIKE THIS -- I KNOW HOW TO DO

THIS.

I'VE GOT THIS.

WHAT AM I DOING THIS FOR?

>> Jimmy: WHAT IS THE THING

THAT'S BOTHERING YOU THE MOST

ABOUT THIS?

LET'S TALK THIS THROUGH.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> WELL, THERE'S A LOT.

I'M IN LOTS OF SCENES WITH MERYL

STREEP, AND THAT'S ALWAYS

TERRIFYING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I'M

GOING TO HAVE TO CARRY HER IN

EVERY SCENE.

[ LAUGHTER ]

BUT MY MAIN WORRY, IT'S THE

FIRST TIME I'VE EVER DONE AN

AMERICAN ACCENT.

SO I'M PLAYING AN AMERICAN.

AND THAT IS -- THAT'S FILLING ME

WITH SOME FEAR.

>> Jimmy: NOW, WHEN YOU SAY "AN

AMERICAN," THAT IS NOT A

PREVIEW --

[ LAUGHTER ]

THANS

THAT IS NOT A PREVIEW OF YOUR

AMERICAN ACCENT, IS IT?

>> YES, IT IS.

>> Jimmy: WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON

THIS.

>> ALL RIGHT, ME LOVELIES, I'M

AN AMERICAN.

[ LAU

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Jimmy: DO YOU HAVE A COACH,

AN ACCENT COACH?

>> I'VE GOT AN ACCENT COACH AND

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

BUT I WOULD SAY MY BEST ACCENT

COACH IS ACTUALLY MY SON, MY

8-YEAR-OLD SON.

>> Jimmy: OH.

>> BECAUSE HE MOVED HERE TO

AMERICA OBVIOUSLY WITH US.

HE DIDN'T MOVE ON HIS OWN.

[ LAUGHTER ]

HE DIDN'T JUST SAY MUM AND

DAD --

>> Jimmy: AN AMAZING KID.

HE SAILED HERE ON HIS OWN.

>> NO, SO WHEN WE MOVED -- HE

WAS 3 WHEN WE MOVED.

AND HE HAS GOT THIS INCREDIBLE

THING WHERE HE TALKS IN A

BRITISH ACCENT WITH ME AND MY

WIFE AND AN AMERICAN ACCENT WITH

ALL OF HIS BUDDIES AT SCHOOL,

AND HIS TEACHERS.

AND BETWEEN SENTENCE TO

SENTENCE.

SO HE'LL LIKE GO, "DAD, CAN WE

GO IN THE GARDEN?"

AND I GO YEAH, OF COURSE, BUDDY.

AND HE GOES, "KERRY, COME ON,

LET'S GO OUT IN THE YARD."

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Jimmy: I LIKE THAT.

>> I'M JUST HANGING AROUND WITH

HIM AND HOPING IT RUBS OFF.

>> Jimmy: NOT ONLY DOES HE HAVE

AN AMERICAN ACCENT HE HAS A

CALIFORNIA ACCENT IT SOUNDS

LIKE.

>> OH, MY DAUGHTER WHO MOVED

HERE WHEN SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD,

SHE'S THE MOST CALIFORNIA.

SHE'S LIKE, "OH, MY GOD."

[ LAUGHTER ]

SHE'S 5 AND SHE'S LIKE, "I'M

GOING ON A JUICE CLEANSE."

[ LAUGHTER ]

IS THIS GLUTEN-FREE?

>> Jimmy: KIDS REALLY INVENTED

THE JUICE CLEANSE, DIDN'T THEY?

>> FOR SURE.

100%.

>> Jimmy: IT CAME IN A LITTLE

BOX AT THAT TIME.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THE

"LATE LATE SHOW" NOW?

HOW MANY SEASONS?

>> WE'VE BEEN ON THE AIR 4 1/2

YEARS.

>> Jimmy: 4 1/2 YEARS.

>> YES.

>> Jimmy: YOU DO A GREAT JOB

WITH THAT SHOW.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Jimmy: AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE

KNOWS YOUR BREAKOUT -- YOU DO A

LOT MORE THAN JUST CARPOOL

KARAOKE.

BUT YOU HAD -- YOU DID AN

EPISODE, IF YOU CALL IT THAT,

WITH KANYE WEST NOT IN A CAR.

>> NO.

WE WENT IN AN AIRPLANE.

>> Jimmy: IT WAS AN AIRPLANE.

>> WITH HIS ENTIRE CHOIR.

>> Jimmy: AND I'M VERY CURIOUS

TO KNOW HOW THAT CAME TO PASS.

>> WHY ARE YOU CURIOUS, JIMMY?

>> Jimmy: BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN

THE MIX WITH KANYE AND I KNOW

THAT SOMETIMES -- THAT THINGS GO

ACCORDING TO KANYE'S PLAN.

NOT GOD'S PLAN.

KANYE'S PLAN.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> COMPLEX FELLOW.

[ LAUGHTER ]

WELL, HERE'S HOW IT WENT.

THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE THIRD TIME

THAT WE HAD TRIED TO DO A SORT

OF CARPOOL KARAOKE WITH KANYE.

THE FIRST TIME HE AGREED AND

THEN HE CANCELED A FEW DAYS

LATER.

OH, THAT'S A SHAME, BUT IT'S

FINE.

THE SECOND TIME THAT KANYE

CANCELED CARPOOL KARAOKE WAS SO

LATE IN THE DAY THAT I WAS

DRIVING UP HIS ROAD IN THE CAR.

WITH ALL THE CAMERAS.

AND GOT THIS PHONE CALL SAYING

IT'S BEEN CANCELED.

AND I LITERALLY -- I THINK I

BASICALLY TURNED AROUND OUTSIDE

HIS HOUSE TO GO BACK TO THE

STUDIO.

SO THEN -- HE SENT ME A TEXT.

I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE TEXTED YOU

AROUND THE SAME TIME.

DID HE SEND YOU A TEXT SAYING I

WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE

CHOIR ON THE SHOW?

>> Jimmy: YES.

AND HE CALLED ME AS WELL.

>> ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

>> Jimmy: YES, THAT'S EXACTLY

RIGHT.

HE'S JUST GOING THROUGH THE Js

IN HIS PHONE I GUESS.

AND I THINK SO.

HE'S LIKE WHAT IS IT, A TALK

SHOW?

IT STARTS WITH J.

AND SO YES, COULD WE DO A

CARPOOL KARAOKE WITH THE WHOLE

CHOIR ON LIKE A BUS OR A TRUCK

IN L.A.?

AND I SAID YEAH, OF COURSE, THAT

WOULD BE AMAZING.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT, YE.

[ LAUGHTER ]

AND HE GOES, COOL, LET'S DO IT

ON MONDAY.

AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, THAT'S

DIFFICULT.

BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET A TRUCK.

AND LIKE PERMITS.

>> Jimmy: LOGISTICS ARE NOT HIS

THING TO WORRY ABOUT.

>> THE CHOIR I THINK IS 150

PEOPLE.

THIS FEELS -- AND IT'S A

SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

BUT HE GOES, NO, I THINK MONDAY

WOULD BE GREAT.

I'M LIKE, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I THEN SET ABOUT -- I CALLED

BEN OUR PRODUCER.

I CALLED ROB, THE PEOPLE THAT

WORK ON THE SHOW.

AND WE SET ABOUT MAKING IT

HAPPEN.

AND THEY WERE LIKE MONDAY'S NOT

GOING TO HAPPEN.

THAT WAS ON THE SUNDAY.

MONDAY'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

WEDNESDAY.

WE'RE LIKE OKAY, THIS WE CAN DO.

GREAT.

WE GET PERMITS.

WE DO THE THING.

ALL THE STUFF.

WE THEN TRY TO E-MAIL PEOPLE TO

FIND OUT TIMES AND LOGISTICS

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY AS YOU KNOW WE

HAVE A SHOW THAT NIGHT.

NOTHING.

WE'RE HEARING NOTHING FROM

ANYONE.

WEDNESDAY MORNING 11:00 A.M.

SOMEONE SENDS AN E-MAIL SAYING

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY.

WE WERE LIKE YEAH, NO [ BLEEP ]

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY.

[ LAUGHTER ]

AND THEN IT -- IT THEN IT WENT

QUIET.

AND THEN, AND THIS IS WHERE HE'S

BRILLIANT.

THIS IS WHERE HE'S BRILLIANT.

HE JUST THEN GOES, I WANT TO DO

IT ON AN AIRPLANE.

AND WE GO, OKAY.

GREAT.

YEAH.

BUT YOU KNOW, WHY NOT?

LET'S DO IT ON A SPACESHIP.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND TO HIS CREDIT, TO HIS

CREDIT, HE AND HIS TEAM --

>> Jimmy: HE ALWAYS COMES

THROUGH IN THE END.

>> GETS THE PLANE.

EVEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING THERE, I

WAS ON THE PHONE TO MY DAD

TELLING MY DAD WHAT WE'RE ABOUT

TO DO.

AND MY DAD WAS LIKE, THIS IS

INCREDIBLE.

AND I WAS LIKE, IT COULD BE.

BUT I'M STILL -- EVEN AS I

WALKED ONTO THE PLANE I THOUGHT