It wasn’t since the 90s when former Tonight Show host Jay Leno appeared in a live-action movie as a character other than himself. Now, he is set to play Ed Sullivan in Midas Man, the upcoming film about Beatles manager Brian Epstein.
Co-starring Emily Watson, Eddie Marsan, Lukas Gage, Rosie Day, and Bill Milner, Midas Man tells the story of Epstein’s role and influence in pop music, particularly of the 1960s.
Leno’s appearance in the film as Sullivan will revisit some of the Beatles’ first appearances in front of an American audience as musical guests on the longest-running variety show in U.S. broadcast history, The Ed Sullivan Show.
Midas Man is still in pre-production. It will be directed by Sara Sugarman.
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