When you hear that Gene Wilders in the audience, you just are terrified.
He came backstage afterwards.
We sat on this couch, and Ill never forget it as long as I live.
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Corden said he tried to get Wilder to appear on the sketch.
Though he was turned down, Corden still remembered Wilders polite refusal.
In the history of people saying no to things, it couldnt have been nicer, Corden said.
My love, Gene.
Even the way he said no was so poetic.
Even his emails sounded somehow like Willy Wonka.
He was just a magical person, and he made everybody around him feel this incredible feeling of joy.
Thats what I felt when I watched him, thats what I felt when I met him.
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