James Corden has opened up about his fears that the last episode of Gavin and Stacey might fail to tickle the audience's funny bone.
On the Off The Telly podcast, James shared his uncertainties experienced after filming, saying he sometimes doubted whether a joke was truly humorous despite finding himself laughing at it earlier.
James, 46, conveyed the unnerving feeling when no one else laughed during the screenings, which he attributed to the possibility that they had viewed the scene numerous times.
He said: "I don't think it's that you get fed up of it. What you start to worry is, because you have moments where you've been laughing.
"And then you're in a room and no-one's laughing, and the reason no-one's laughing is because everyone's seen it about 35 times. So then you start going 'oh no, is it just not funny in any way?'"
The star’s confession comes as fans await the eagerly anticipated finale of Gavin and Stacey, set to hit screens today after delighting audiences for nearly two decades.
In anticipation of the show's climactic conclusion, actors including James and Adrian Scarborough, playing Pete Sutcliffe, pondered the end of an era for the beloved series that began in 2007.
Reflecting on his emotions during BBC Breakfast, WalesLive reported that James shared his bittersweet feelings about the filming of the episode. He remarked: "On one level, it's amazing and it's so joyous.
"Every day has just been so great and then you've got this overwhelming feeling that hits you, well, hits me, every couple of hours where you start going 'Oh God, we're not going to be doing this again!'. It can't carry on after this. We can't see a way how it could, you'll have to wait and see!"
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In the meantime, Adrian discussed the finality underscored at the conclusion of the Gavin and Stacey script.
On the Off The Telly podcast, he revealed: "I like what they put at the end of the script - 'The End forever, and ever. Amen'. Also, I think it's really, really brave to finish things because often I just think things go on a little bit too long.
"And I think with this, the best thing they could have done was just go, 'We've got an ending'. Endings are good, moving on and moving onto new projects, which hopefully we'll all be in."
