One Chance: James Corden on playing Britain's Got Talent star Paul Potts - video interview

Henry Barnes

Wednesday, 23 Oct 2013

The star of One Chance, a partially-fictionalised account of the rise of Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts, talks to Henry Barnes about how Potts' performance on the television show went viral, why the film is better for leaving the TV show largely out of the picture and what – as a classically-trained actor – he makes of free-for-all talent shows

• First look review: One Chance

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Henry Barnes

Henry Barnes is a former Guardian film journalist

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Wednesday, 23 Oct 2013

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