James Corden's Late, Late Show writer teases 1D surprise

The caput writer connected James Corden's Late Late Show has teased a One Direction-related astonishment for its last episode.

Rumours person been swirling since it was revealed Harry Styles would beryllium performing to people the extremity of James's clip arsenic host.

It got fans talking. After years of waiting, was this the reunion they'd been waiting for?

Sadly, no. But BBC Newsbeat's been told determination volition beryllium an "Easter egg" - a hidden astonishment - involving the boys.

James Corden took implicit the Late Late Show successful 2015 - the aforesaid twelvemonth Harry, Louis, Zayn, Niall and Liam announced One Direction's indefinite hiatus.

And Late Late Show caput writer Lauren Greenberg says she "really wants to acceptable expectations" earlier the last broadcast.

"I cognize there's been articles saying they're doing it and I'm conscionable like, 'oh, no'," she says.

But, Lauren adds: "I tin archer you they volition not each beryllium unneurotic successful our workplace oregon anyplace else.

"But there'll be, you know, a small Easter egg."

Speaking to Radio 2 earlier, James Corden himself besides promised the amusement would "go retired with a bang".

As a caput writer connected the show, Lauren is besides progressive successful the world-famous Carpool Karaoke segment.

"Adele and James are conscionable specified bully friends - they spell way, mode back, they moved to LA 3 days apart," she says.

"So I deliberation it conscionable felt similar a bully extremity to the travel that helium has been connected for the show.

"It came from her - helium had nary idea. So the songs she chose amazed him."

Some of the biggest stars successful the world, including Stevie Wonder, BTS and, yes, the 1D boys, person appeared connected Carpool Karaoke.

It grew from a 2011 Comic Relief sketch featuring George Michael, which is credited with convincing Mariah Carey to go the archetypal rider connected the Late Late Show version.

"James realised that it was truly conscionable a truly large mode to person an interview, person immoderate large music," Lauren says.

"It's fundamentally conscionable a cleanable mode to get everything we emotion successful 1 spot connected the show. And it's truly fun."

James has antecedently revealed that helium doesn't ever thrust and that the car would beryllium towed if creation routines oregon costume changes were involved.

And Lauren says making Carpool Karaoke usually progressive aggregate vehicles, with the accumulation squad "watching the provender successful a car close down their car".

She says a batch of the conception happens people but the squad - including enforcement shaper Ben Winston - volition suggest jokes oregon changes on the way.

"You're like, oh, you know, the communicative goes nicely into the song. And I'm determination to transportation a joke," she says.

And contempt regularly taking euphony megastars for a ride, is determination anyone the squad wishes they'd convinced to hop wrong the Carpool car?

"There's 2 - Beyoncé, naturally, and Dolly Parton," she says.

"I'd accidental it's precise American, the Dolly one. But she's conscionable an icon.

"And she's truthful overmuch fun, too. I deliberation her and James would person gotten connected truly good together."

As for that One Direction Easter egg, Newsbeat asked Lauren if she could springiness america immoderate hints.

But, arsenic you mightiness expect from idiosyncratic who's had a manus successful truthful galore monolithic viral moments, she's not giving overmuch away.

"You'll conscionable person to tune successful and find out," she says.

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