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Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Lee Curtis Parody 'You Can See Everything'
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In Short: Despite the different details each outlet provided, they all agreed that Fallon and Curtis's parody on 'The Tonight Show' was a successful recreation of the documentary's dynamic between Fielder and Holmes.
On Wednesday's episode of 'The Tonight Show,' Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Lee Curtis parodied the documentary 'You Can See Everything,' with Fallon channeling Nathan Fielder and Curtis portraying Elizabeth Holmes. Deadline reported that Fallon seemed satisfied with Curtis's answers before giving her some privacy.
Entertainment Weekly noted that the sketch captured the awkward conversations between Fielder and Holmes, who was accused of defrauding investors. Curtis's impersonation of Holmes was praised by multiple outlets, including People and TheWrap, for its accuracy.
Curtis broke character at one point, saying, 'Thank god. Fuck, what an asshole,' according to Deadline. Curtis also stared at Fallon for several beats, just like Holmes in the documentary's viral clip, before smiling and answering his questions.
Fallon's portrayal of Fielder included asking Holmes if she was 'being real right now.' Curtis responded, 'I’m always being real,' as reported by Variety and Entertainment Weekly.
The Tonight Show's cold open featured Curtis as Holmes and Fallon as Fielder, recreating a scene from the documentary. People reported that Curtis and Fallon recreated a scene from 'You Can See Everything' about Holmes' last days before her prison sentence.
TheWrap noted that the film follows Holmes and her partner Billy Evans in the days leading up to her prison stint. Variety described the film as a 'later-in-life love story' about Holmes and Evans.
Deadline reported that 'You Can See Everything' has surpassed $45 million worldwide in A24's slow-burn expanding release, building buzz for its acclaimed portrait of Holmes. The Hollywood Reporter highlighted the surreal nature of Holmes and Evans' dynamic with Fielder.
Variety and The Hollywood Reporter both noted that Fielder and co-director Lance Oppenheim worked on the film for more than three years, offering an unhinged look at Holmes a month before her prison sentence.
Entertainment Weekly and Variety agreed that Curtis's performance was one of her finest, and both outlets reported that Curtis's impersonation captured the essence of Holmes's demeanor.
Despite the different details each outlet provided, they all agreed that Fallon and Curtis's parody on 'The Tonight Show' was a successful recreation of the documentary's dynamic between Fielder and Holmes.
Background
Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Lee Curtis spoofed the documentary 'You Can See Everything' on 'The Tonight Show,' with Fallon as Nathan Fielder and Curtis as Elizabeth Holmes.
You Can See Everything is a 2026 American meta-documentary film directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. It follows Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the defunct health technology company Theranos, and her partner Billy Evans, who invited a film crew to document them beginning in the weeks before Holmes began serving a United States federal prison sentence for defrauding investors.
What's confirmed
- Jamie Lee Curtis just gave one of her finest performances: impersonating Elizabeth Holmes on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
- On Wednesday night’s episode of “ The Tonight Show,” host Jimmy Fallon went full Nathan Fielder while guest Jamie Lee Curtis played Elizabeth Holmes to spoof A24’s buzzy documentary, “ You Can See Everything.” “Good chat,” concluded Fallon, but not before one last question: “You’re being real right now?” “I’m always being real,” responded Curtis.
What's still developing
- As Jimmy Fallon gears up for Halloween, he and his latest talk show guest nailed their take on You Can See Everything.
- She didn’t stop staring and appeared to agree with everything he said.
- “So you’re not just here to promote your new show, Newlyweds?” Fallon asked her slowly.
- “I'm gleaning new things from just hearing what other people are saying.” [This story contains spoilers for You Can See Everything.] It’s also been a product of true discovery for audiences: Ever since its secret screening at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend, You Can See Everything has generated deafening buzz while keeping its biggest surprises hidden.
- Viewers went into cinemas likely knowing that the film would depict the final month of Elizabeth Holmes ’ life with her husband, Billy Evans, and their children, before the start of her 11-plus-year prison sentence for fraud.
- I actually thought maybe this could be useful, in a way — if Nathan was becoming this accidental investigator of these everyday moments, he could try and pull Elizabeth from whatever version of reality she was living in and try and pull her back into the one that we were in.
- I know whether Nathan would even be on camera was a conversation, too.
- Ditto the final act’s flash-forward that finds Fielder and Oppenheim’s access to Holmes, now incarcerated, slipping away — leading to the introduction of Amanda Seyfried, who won an Emmy for her portrayal of Holmes in Hulu’s The Dropout, to help them complete the film and re-enact key scenes and conversations from the time spent together.
- NATHAN FIELDER For something like this, where you’re evaluating honesty and sincerity on someone’s face, their response even before they answer me is so important, in terms of trying to gauge if someone’s honest or not, or just what’s going on with them. … Because they would move around the house, it was a process of trying to continuously incorporate the things we were missing.
- Holmes is set to move to a halfway house in August 2027, and is scheduled to be released from custody in February 2030.
- In January 2022, a jury found her guilty on three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for her role in Theranos, a company that claimed its technology could run multiple blood tests using just a drop of blood. (She was found not guilty of four counts of fraud and the jury could not reach a verdict on three other counts.) You Can See Everything opened in theaters on Oct. 16, a month after its surprise premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.
- Journalist John Carreyrou’s book, Bad Blood, has returned to the bestseller lists ; the ABC News podcast The Dropout, hosted by Rebecca Jarvis reported a 900% surge in listeners ; while the Disney/Hulu TV series of the same name enjoyed a 700% bump in viewers, and is now ranked #47 on IMDb’s “Most popular TV shows” list, despite having been released in 2022.