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# Watch John Krasinski and James Corden Ruin _Pulp Fiction_

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## Ashley Hoffman


Aug 25, 2016 4:00 PM UTC

by 

[Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/)


## Ashley Hoffman


Aug 25, 2016 4:00 PM UTC

On Wednesday night’s _The Late Late Show with_ [_James Corden_](http://time.com/4462663/teen-james-corden-meat-loaf/), the host and [John Krasinski](http://time.com/4464292/john-krasinski-devil-wears-prada-emily-blunt/) botched several iconic movie scenes with a lot of ill-advised improvising.

It’s a faux documentary about how the host and _The Hollars_ actor are widely considered Hollywood poison, and boy do they bring that all the way home.

Take for example how they both manage to mess up Jules’ _Pulp Fiction_ biblical verse monologue because it’s way too easy to fall into Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise.” Like all great artists, Corden and Krasinski were always stubbornly persistent, misunderstood and also always fired. Now everyone can see them destroy the Quentin Tarantino classic and _A Few Good Men_, _Gone With the Wind_ and _Into the Woods_ (Krasinski is so awful, they call in his wife, actual _Into the Woods_ star Emily Blunt as his replacement.)

Watch below.

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