SHE'S SO GOOD ON "EL PYRE." I CANT IMAGINE ANYONE ELSE EVER

PLAYING COOKIE. BUT SHE ACTUALLY HAD TO FIGHT

OFF SOME REALLY AMAZING COMPETITION TO GET THAT PART.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> WERE JUST GOING TO BE A SECOND,

TARAJI. DO YOU NEED SOME WATER?

TARAJI: NO, IM OK. THANKS.

[LAUGHTER] JAMES: HI.

TARAJI: HI. YOU'RE READING FOR --

JAMES: COOKIE LYON. YOU?

TARAJI: THE SAME. JAMES: HUH, THATS A BIT

SURPRISING. TARAJI: REALLY?

IM THE SURPRISE HERE?

JAMES: HUH? TARAJI: NOTHING.

JAMES: YOU MESSING WITH THE WRONG BITCH, YOU BOUGIE

TRICK.

TARAJI: EXCUSE ME?

-- LUCIUS!

LUCIUS YOU GIVE ME BACK MY COMPANY, BITCH!

TARAJI: WOW.

ALL RIGHT!

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DO THAT A LITTLE QUITER?

JAMES: WHAT'S THE MATTER? GET SCARED OF A LITTLE

COMPETITION.

TARAJI: YOU, COMPETITION? NO.

JAMES: I'M KIDDING. I'D KIDDING.

YOU SALTY FAKE-ASS HO.

TARAJI: ENOUGH! JAMES: THE SCRIPT, PAGE 4.

YOU SALTY FAKE-ASS HO.

TARAJI: OH. JAMES: COMING IN HERE HALF

ASSED, IN YOUR DOLLAR STORE JEANS AND YOUR DISCOUNT

HOOPS.

TARAJI: THAT IS NOT IN THE SCRIPT.

JAMES: NO, ITS IN REAL LIFE BITCH, AND WERE LIVING IT!

TARAJI: LOOK HERE, JAMES CORDEN.

YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR LITTLE FAKE NAILS, AND YOUR RAGGEDY DRESS.

BUT THE DAY YOU TAKE A JOB FROM TARAJI P. HENSON IS THE DAY I

DRAG YOU THROUGH THE STREETS BY THE ROOTS OF YOUR NASTY WEAVE.

I WAS IN "HUSTLE AND FLOW," AND OK, BOO, BOO, KITTY.

ITS HARD OUT HERE FOR AN ACTRESS.

PLEASE, I RAISED BENJAMIN BUTTON, BITCH!

WHERES YOUR OSCAR NOMINATION AT?

HUH?

NOTHING TO SAY? YOU THINK ANYONE SAW YOU IN INTO

THE WOODS?

ALL WE SAW IN THAT MOVIE WAS MERYL STREEP, JOHNNY DEPP, AND

TREES.

WERE YOU THE TREES, JAMES?

WAS THAT YOU? YOU DUMB WINNIE-THE-POOH-LOOKING

BABY MAN. >> OK.

TARAJI, WE'RE READY FOR YOU.

TARAJI: THANK YOU. THE STREETS AINT MADE FOR

EVERYONE. THATS WHY THEY MADE

SIDEWALKS, SO MOSS LIKE YOU CAN GROW.

STAY IN YOUR LANE!

>> WHAT'S UP? JAMES: HI.

>> WHAT ARE YOU READING FOR?

JAMES: HAKEEM.

DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT?

DIDN'T THINK SO.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]