James Corden insists it's rare to see people that look like himself and Ruth Jones fall in love
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Gavin and Stacey's James Corden said it's rare to see people that look like Smithy and Nessa 'fall in love' in TV shows and films. The former late-night host recently wrapped filming for the Christmas special of the fan-favourite show. Comedian and actor James revealed in July that he and Ruth Jones had finished writing the script for the final episode. The BBC later announced filming had wrapped in October, with the show airing on Christmas day.
In the final episode, fans will be treated to a lot more Nessa and Smithy. James said fans will find out more about Ruth's character Nessa's past as well as her future with James' character Smithy. Speaking on the Table Manners podcast with Jessie and Lennie Ware, James said: "Nessa has had this unbelievable checkered life and you find out more about that in this special — some really fun bits that we wrote.".
He went on to claim that fans have a soft spot for Smithy and Nessa as 'on TV or films, you very rarely see people that look like Ruth and I fall in love.' He explained: "You just don't. I'd be dropping off a TV to Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones and Ruth's like working on a newsstand when someone buys a newspaper.
"What I like about the show is that it's so messy and complicated and they just clearly have fantastic sex. I really enjoy that confidence." Ruth went on to say that she and James struggled on how to pitch the characters' unique relationship in the early days of creating the show.
