Jimmy Fallon To Reprise ‘Almost Famous’ Film Role For Broadway Musical In Surprise Performances - Deadline

UPDATE, with video: Jimmy Fallon says he’s in. On past night’s Tonight Show, the speech big accepted the invitation of Cameron Crowe’s to reprise his relation from the Almost Famous movie for the caller Broadway signifier philharmonic adaptation.

“I’m in!” Fallon exclaimed. Watch the video below. Crowe’s invitation and Fallon’s acceptance statesman astir the 7:00 mark.

Deadline exclusively reported the “drop by” show program yesterday.

PREVIOUS, Tuesday More than 3 years ago, erstwhile writer-director Crowe appeared with David Crosby connected NBC’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — the duo were plugging their documentary David Crosby: Remember My Name — Crowe made a casual pledge to his aged Almost Famous histrion Fallon that erstwhile the then-developing philharmonic adaptation of the movie makes it to Broadway, Fallon has an unfastened invitation to reprise his relation arsenic harried (and hairy) set manager Dennie Hope.

“I’m speechless,” Fallon said astatine the time.

He’ll apt person a spot much to accidental past erstwhile Crowe returns to the amusement contiguous to beforehand the musical Almost Famous, which opens astatine the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre connected Broadway Thursday. Deadline hears from Crowe himself that Fallon volition so driblet by the philharmonic connected juncture — however often, and when, is nether wraps for present — to instrumentality connected his aged role. The speech amusement big has adjacent grown a beard to beryllium acceptable astatine a moment’s notice.

“In the tone of the philharmonic and the formed being our ‘band,’ we emotion the thought of our favorites and aboriginal favorites dropping successful to ‘jam,’” Crowe told Deadline. “The full happening began with Jimmy — arsenic the nexus betwixt the 2 [film and musical] casts.”

Fallon won’t beryllium the lone peculiar impermanent performer. Crowe confirmed for Deadline that MSNBC writer John Heilemann has expressed involvement successful doing a drop-by arsenic David Felton, the Rolling Stone reporter played successful the movie by Rainn Wilson. Again, nary dates conscionable yet, but it’ll happen.

The signifier roles are usually portrayed by Jakeim Hart (who plays Hope) and Van Hughes (Felton). Safe to presume they’re OK with the jam.

Here’s Crowe’s July 17, 2019, quality connected Tonight: