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Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Lee Curtis brought sharp comedy to The Tonight Show on Wednesday, spoofing A24’s acclaimed documentary You Can See Everything in a cold open that put both stars in unfamiliar territory. Fallon impersonated filmmaker Nathan Fielder, while Curtis transformed into disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, complete with a blonde wig and an unsettling stare.
A Cold Open Full of Deadpan Tension
The sketch leaned hard into Fielder’s signature awkward interview style. Fallon opened by asking Curtis, in character as Holmes, whether she genuinely wanted to appear on the show. “Of course I do. I love talking to you,” Curtis replied, speaking in Holmes’s famously affected deep voice and locking eyes with the host.
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Fallon pressed further. “So you’re not just here to promote your new show, Newlyweds?” Curtis stayed in character. “No, I’m engaging with you as a human being. Why would I deceive you? There’s nothing for me to deceive you on.” Fallon wrapped up the exchange with a dry “Good chat,” then asked one final question: “You’re being real right now?” Curtis answered, “I’m always being real.” As Fallon walked away, she dropped the act entirely, shouting, “Thank God! Fuck, what an asshole!”
Curtis Promotes New NBC Sitcom
The parody served as a playful introduction to Curtis’s actual reason for appearing on the show. She joined Fallon to promote Newlyweds, a new NBC sitcom that premiered on October 23. The show stars Téa Leoni and Tim Daly and follows a free-spirited woman and a reserved professor who marry quickly after a whirlwind romance.
Curtis plays a recurring guest role on the series. She also co-created it alongside writer Gail Lerner. However, Lerner departed the project earlier this month over creative differences. In a statement following her exit, Lerner described working on the show as “the most joyous TV experience of my life.”
The Documentary Behind the Parody
You Can See Everything opened in theaters on October 16 and has already earned $45.1 million domestically. The A24 documentary has drawn strong reviews and solid box office numbers since its release. Fielder and co-director Lance Oppenheim spent more than three years quietly developing the film.
The documentary focuses on Holmes during the month before she began serving an 11-year federal prison sentence for defrauding investors in her failed blood-testing company, Theranos. The film offers an unconventional and at times unsettling portrait of Holmes in that period. Its success made it a natural target for late-night parody, and Fallon and Curtis clearly had fun with the material.
