The cast of the 'Cinderella' reboot crammed into a minivan on Wednesday night for an edition of 'Carpool Karaoke.'
"No, Shawn was self-conscious running the lines with me and he wasn't even in the movie," Cabello laughed, adding"he's probably more the Cinderella in the relationship than I am." Corden praised Cabello for writing a song that he called the"centerpiece" of the film,"Million to One," which they then belted out.
So, of course, they all sang"Gravity" too, with Menzel crushing it as Porter provided supportive ad libs and the whole car busted into Broadway-worthy theatrics between stop signs. One of the most revealing moments was when Corden asked Menzel to re-live what was perhaps her most cringey public moment: that time John Travolta royally screwed up her name at the 2014 Oscars and mistakenly called her""First I felt really sorry for myself, like Meryl Streep's out there, this is my big break and he just f***ed up my name," Menzel said with a smile, recalling the harrowing eight seconds she had between the moniker mangling and taking the stage in front of the...
The 14-minute segment also found Porter gushing about his dream casting as the fairy godmother in the film, saying that his"14 year-old sissy" self's biggest dream was to be the male Whitney Houston."So all I could think of was like, 'Oh my God, I'm playing the Whitney Houston part!' It's really significant because... for a long time I was told my queerness would be my liability.
But, living long enough to get to the"other side of that mess" and to feel seen by his cast mates and the world was a revelation."The new representation is a good thing," Porter said."It's been such a wonderful and monumental experience for me."