James Corden “most difficult obnoxious presenter,” claims TV director

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James Corden as the “most difficult and obnoxious presenter” he has ever worked with.Craig Duncan – who worked with the comic in 2013 – took to YouTube to share his experience of working with Corden on the set of the TV series A League Of Their Own.As detailed in the video, Duncan was tasked with directing Corden, as well as Freddie Flintoff, Jamie Redknapp and Jack Whitehall, for an episode of the show – filming a Masterchef-style challenge outside of the studio.“The most difficult and obnoxious presenter I have ever worked with was James Corden,” he said at the beginning of the video. “I was asked by his production company [if] would I be willing to direct a challenge that was gonna be part of their A League of Their Own show.

It was season seven, episode three, and I’ll never forget it.”He continued: “They said, ‘How are you at working with difficult presenters?’ I say, ‘Oh right, OK.

Well, I’ve filmed the Three Tenors before, and you can’t get more of a prima donna than an opera singer.’”Duncan explained that he was later asked to come in and see a rehearsal of the show to become more familiar with the host’s style. “It came to a point where he had to read from a card,” Duncan recalled, describing what Corden was like during the run-through.“[There was] kind of a joke in there, and he just looked at it like, ‘That’s not funny, that’s not funny.

It’s shit. We have to rewrite that’.”Assuming Corden was having a bad day at the time, he agreed to film the upcoming segment.