I'M TOM HOOPER, DIRECTOR OF THE MOTION PICTURE "CATS."

(APPLAUSE) >> TODAY EACH OF YOU WILL BE PUT

THROUGH VIG YOWS TRAINING TO ENSURE YOU GIVE THE MOST

CAT-LIKE PERFORMANCE IN THE FILM.

ONE OF YOU WILL BE AWARDED BEST IF SHOW.

LEADING THE CLASS TODAY WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME HEAD CAT

MR. JAMES CORDEN.

JAMES, HAS ANYONE SEEN JAMES?

HAS ANYONE SEEN.

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S LATE ON HIS FIRST DAY OF TRAINING.

HOLD ON, JAMES?

>> James: I'M HERE.

THAT WAS YOU.

>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE A CAT.

>> WOW.

>> James: IS EVERYBODY READY?

>> YEAH.

>> James: THEN LET'S BEGIN.

WE'RE CAT WAS SING AND DANCE.

SO LET'S HEAR SOME SINGING.

♪ ME OW.

♪ ME OW.

♪ MEOW.

♪ WAIT, IS THERE ONLY LYRIC WE'RE SINGING MEOW?

>> James: I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SHOW, SOMETHING ABOUT MESMRIES,

EVERYONE THAT, I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

KEEP YOUR PAWS UP, AN MAYBE A LITTLE FLICK OF THE EAR, THAT'S

RIGHT, PERFECT.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHY TOM HAS CHOSEN JAMES TO BE HEAD CAT, IS

HE ALREADY PRETTY ANNOYING AND THIS IS ONLY GOING TO MAKE HIM

EVEN WORSE.

>> OH, OH, THIS IS FUN.

>> NOW GIVE IT YOUR BEST MEOW.

>> OH, VERY GOOD.

>> JASON.

>> MEOW SNOATD.

♪.

>> JESSICA.

>> REBEL, REBEL, REBEL.

REBEL.

>> James: YOU SEE, CATS DO IGNORE YOU, THAT IS VERY GOOD,

VERY GOOD.

OKAY, TAYLOR, YOUR BEST MEOW.

>> MEOW.

>> James: WOW, MARK THAT DOWN.

>> BEING A CAT IS LOT LIKE BEING AN ANGER.

YOU SLEEP FOR MOST OF THE DAY, THEN SCREAM AT SOMEBODY IF YOU

NEED TO.

AND EAT A CAN OF TUNA, YOU CAN [BLEEP] WHEREVER YOU WANT.

>> James: GET THE LASER, GET THE LASER, SOMEBODY GET THE

LASER.

>> IF WE LOST BOTH GRUMPY CATS AND-- SO I AM DEDICATING THIS

NEXT EXERCISE TO THEM.

>> James: OKAY, CATWALK.

JENNIFER, GO THROUGH THE DOOR.

NO!

CATS HAVEN'T GONE THE THUMBS TO OPEN A DOOR LIKE THAT.

THERE IS YOUR DOOR, JASON, SHOW US HOW IT IS DONE.

VERY GOOD.

WONDERFUL, FRANCESCA, BRILLIANT, ALL RIGHT, REBEL.

>> YES.

>> James: VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD.

IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY-- HAVE I GREAT

NEWS I'M ABLE TO IMMERSE MYSELF FULLY IN THE ROLE OF A CAT.

BUT THEN I CAN EASILY STEP AWAY FROM IT.

RIGHT NOW I'M JUST PLAIN OLD JAMES CORDEN.

>> SO WHAT BREED OF CAT WOULD JAMES CORDEN BE?

I THINK I CALL HIM A TOTAL DICK.

TAYLOR, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

>> JUST GETTING SOME WATER.

>> James: IF YOU NEED REFRESHMENTS, IT IS THERE.

OKAY?

HELP YOURSELF.

THANK YOU.

>> JAMES, I THINK IDRIS ELBA SOAFER THERE.

>> James: IDRIS!

I WAS JUST RECENTLY NAMED ARTIST OF THE DECADE BUT AFTER PEOPLE

SEE ME LAP UP MILL FRK THAT GIANT SAUCER, I AM PRETTY SURE

THEY WILL TAKE THAT AWAY.

>> James: EVERY CAT FROM TIME TO TIME WILL FACE A NEMESIS.

PLEASE BRING IN RUGBY THE DOG.

>> YES.

>> SORRY.

>> WHY DONE YOU YOU COME BACK WHEN THEY MAKE A MOVIE CALLED

DOGS.

>> James: FRANCESCA, BE MEAN TO THE DOG, SAY SOMETHING

HORRIBLE TO THE DOG.

>> I CAN'T.

>> James: YOU CAN'T?

>> ALL RIGHT, THEN GET OUT, GET OUT, GO.

IF YOU CAN'T BE MEAN TO DOGS, YOU CAN'T BE IN THE MOVIE.

GO.

GET OUT.

GET THAT PIECE OF [BLEEP] OUT OF HERE.

>> MEOW.

>> JAMES.

>> James: YEAH.

>> THE REST ROOM PLEASE SWRZ REST ROOM, RIGHT THERE.

>> ARE YOU SERIOUS.

>> James: AM I SERIOUS?

YES, I'M SERIOUS, ARE YOU A CAT?

OKAY, LET'S GIVE HIM SOME PRIVACY.

>> YEAH, GIVE HIM TOTAL PRIVACY.

>> James: IN MIND HINDSIGHT I SHOULD HAVE ASKED HIM WHAT KIND

OF BOTH ROOM BREAK HE NEEDED.

THAT BACK FIRED.

ANYONE GOT ANY AIR FRESH OWNER.

>> WELL DONE, EVERYONE, THANK YOU, JAMES.

I MEAN YOU ARE IT IS SUPERB, THE JOURNEY YOU HAVE TAKEN THESE

CATS ON IS EXTRAORDINARY.

THANK YOU, HOWEVER THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE WINNER AN HERE IS

PRESENT BEST IN SHOW, LORD ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER.

(APPLAUSE) >> MEOW, MEOW.

>> THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO PRESENT BEST IN SHOW AS WELL AS A

LIFETIME SUPPLY OF MEOW MIX TO JENNIFER HUDSON.

>> James: OH, WELL WOW, WELL DONE, WELL DONE, WELL DONE.

>> THANK YOU.

I CONDITION BELIEVE IT.

I WON AN OSCAR FOR DREAM GIRLS AND NOW I HAVE WON BEST IN SHOW

FOR BEING A CAT.

I MEAN WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?