New York — Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Lee Curtis Spoof Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes on ‘The Tonight Show’
Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Lee Curtis took on the roles of Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes during Wednesday night’s episode of The Tonight Show, delivering a parody of A24’s widely discussed documentary You Can See Everything.
Fallon imitated Fielder while Curtis portrayed Holmes, complete with a blonde wig, in a sketch that poked fun at the documentary’s portrayal of the Theranos founder.
“Now, be honest. Do you really want to be on the show tonight?” Fallon asked in his Fielder-inspired voice.
“Of course I do. I love talking to you,” Curtis replied, adopting a voice reminiscent of Holmes as she gazed intently into the late-night host’s eyes.
Fallon then questioned whether Curtis was appearing solely to promote her new show, Newlyweds.
“No, I’m engaging with you as a human being,” Curtis responded. “Why would I deceive you? There’s no reason for me to do that. There’s nothing for me to deceive you on.”
“Good chat,” Fallon said before posing one final question: “You’re being real right now?”
“I’m always being real,” Curtis answered. As Fallon walked away, she shouted, “Thank God! Fuck, what an asshole!”
As referenced at the beginning of the segment, Curtis appeared on the show to promote Newlyweds, her new NBC sitcom, which premiered on Oct. 23.
The series stars Téa Leoni and Tim Daly. Its premise is described as “a later-in-life love story about a free-spirited woman and a buttoned-up professor who marry impetuously after a whirlwind courtship.”
Curtis is set to appear in a recurring guest role on the sitcom. She also co-created the series with Gail Lerner, who was fired from the show earlier this month over “creative differences.”
When news of her departure emerged, Lerner described her time working on the production as “the most joyous TV experience of my life.”
Meanwhile, You Can See Everything made its US theatrical debut on Oct. 16 and has attracted both critical acclaim and strong box office results. The film has already generated $45.1 million domestically to date.
Fielder and co-director Lance Oppenheim worked on the project in relative secrecy for more than three years. The documentary offers an unrestrained look at Holmes, the founder of Theranos, during the month before she began serving an 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors.
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