--- title: Patrick Stewart Does Magic Tricks on Late Late Show With James Corden description: The pair don shiny jackets for a routine on the 'Late Late Show' canonical: https://time.com/4002977/patrick-stewart-magic-show-james-corden/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-19T14:48:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:36.358Z og:title: Watch Patrick Stewart Attempt to Perform Magic Tricks og:description: He and James Corden don shiny jackets for a routine on the 'Late Late Show' og:url: https://time.com/4002977/patrick-stewart-magic-show-james-corden/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Patrick Stewart Attempt to Perform Magic Tricks twitter:description: He and James Corden don shiny jackets for a routine on the 'Late Late Show' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Patrick Stewart and James Corden Attempt to Perform Magic Tricks by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 19, 2015 2:48 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 19, 2015 2:48 PM UTC Sir Patrick Stewart dropped by the _Late Late Show_ Tuesday night, where he was recruited to perform a series of magic tricks with host James Corden. Both Stewart and Corden, decked out in shiny magician outfits, commit to making this as ridiculous as possible. There are pyrotechnics, dramatic gasps and an assistant in a sequined hat. Pretty much everything you’d expect. The big finale comes when Stewart and Corden attempt to saw an audience member in half. Enjoy. _Read next:_ [_Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart Request to Join Taylor Swift’s Squad_](http://time.com/3962150/taylor-swift-ian-mckellen-patrick-stewart/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4002977/patrick-stewart-magic-show-james-corden/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4002977/patrick-stewart-magic-show-james-corden/"},"headline":"Watch Patrick Stewart and James Corden Attempt to Perform Magic Tricks","datePublished":"2015-08-19T14:48:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:36.358Z","description":"The pair don shiny jackets for a routine on the 'Late Late Show'","url":"https://time.com/4002977/patrick-stewart-magic-show-james-corden/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4002977/patrick-stewart-magic-show-james-corden/","name":"Watch Patrick Stewart and James Corden Attempt to Perform Magic Tricks"}}]}] ```