Trump Plans to End War with One-Page Memo | Brendan Fraser, Kate Mara, Trueno | Wednesday, May 6

Summary

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Episode: Trump Plans to End War with One-Page Memo | Brendan Fraser, Kate Mara, Trueno
Date: May 7, 2026

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Episode Overview

This lively episode of The Tonight Show blends political humor, celebrity interviews, and trending topics. The show opens with a riff on current events, including ex-president Trump’s plan to end a war with a “one-page memo” and playful sketches lampooning political rebranding efforts. Guests Brendan Fraser and Kate Mara share career updates, behind-the-scenes stories, and personal anecdotes. Special highlights include Fraser teasing a new Mummy film and Mara discussing her family's NFL legacy. The tone, as always, is energetic, tongue-in-cheek, and brimming with quick-witted banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Segments

1. Monologue: Nurses Appreciation, Trump Satire, and Political Sketches

Timestamps: 01:07–03:46

• Nurses Appreciation Day: Jimmy thanks nurses and riffs on presidential medical scenarios.
• Trump’s Memo to End the War in Iran:
  • Fallon jokes, “A one page memo? There's more paperwork involved sending your kid to a trampoline park.” (01:55)
  • Comedy sketch: Fallon and Brendan Fraser comically brainstorm war operation names, parodying White House branding (02:16–02:52).
    • “Operation Epic Fury 2?” – Fallon as Trump.
    • “Operation The Squeakquel.” – Fallon as Trump.
    • “I know what you did last operation.” – Fallon as Trump, with Fraser responding “No” to every suggestion.
    • Ends on “Just name it something stupid like Project Freedom,” poking fun at official naming conventions.

2. Kamikaze Dolphins, Kalshi Commercial Parody, and Sports Betting

Timestamps: 03:03–04:36

• Reports of kamikaze dolphins being denied lead to absurd one-liners.
• Sketch parody on Kalshi, a sports betting company, introducing cringe-inducing “adult blockers” to keep kids out—filled with Gen Z slang and awkward adult characters.
  • “Let's do 500 on the Knicks!” – Fraser as a fake betting kid (03:52)
  • “No cap, dude, that bet was busting. Plus 1,000 aura points, my guy.” – Fallon’s parody cringe adult (03:54)
  • Banter highlights generational slang, ending with everyone agreeing, “I think that’ll work.” (04:36)

3. Taylor Swift, AI Deepfakes & Voice Swapping Skit

Timestamps: 04:36–05:53

• Swift trademarks her voice to combat AI deepfakes. Fallon jokes about his own voice and transitions into a sketch where his voice is stolen, bartering pizza to buy it back.
  • “Come on man, that's my voice. You can't just steal it.” – Fallon, to his own “stolen” voice (05:05)
  • Negotiation for return: “Seven bucks and you throw in a root beer.” – Sketch voice, finalized with “Just Venmo me.” – Fraser (05:42)

4. Quirky News: Bus-Puller and Hashtag “MomQuotes”

Timestamps: 05:53–10:03

• Mention of a man pulling a bus with his neck, advancing to the interactive audience segment, “MomQuotes.”
  • Fallon reads several crowd-sourced, hilarious quotes from viewers’ mothers (07:01–10:03).
    • “She can talk the balls off a pool table.” – From kdeja (07:35)
    • “If your dad was more handsome, you might have more brothers.” – Onzimbo 2 (08:00)
    • “Calm down, it'll melt before you pass out.” – Ice cube mishap, 8785 (08:22)
    • “You better straighten up before you jerk a knot in your tail.” – Urditweet16 (08:37)
    • “Go braless because it’ll pull the wrinkles from your face.” – Anniezboy (08:53)
    • “Bunsai, Daniel son!” – Mom slapping kid with hamburger buns, Louie (09:23)
    • “If you cut your leg off, don't come running to me for help.” – lay075 (09:33)
    • “I don’t lose things, I relocate them permanently.” – BrendanBurkenRT (09:53)

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Guest Interviews

Brendan Fraser

Timestamps: 10:21–19:55

Recent Career Highlights and Oscar Win

• Brendan reflects on his Oscar win, sharing the surreal experience backstage, his lost/found speech, and an encounter with Jimmy Kimmel after the ceremony.

  • “I was astonished. I didn't know what to expect…It was like a piano wire of tension, you know?” (12:17, Fraser)
  • “I made it backstage and…I’m looking at this gold naked man holding a sword.” (12:59, Fraser)

• Humorous memory: After the Oscars, Fraser recognized a filming location for Encino Man in a “This Is Your Life” moment, drag-racing Tone Loke.

  • “I was drag racing with Tone Loke. Wow. In an alleyway. And I beat him too.” (14:13, Fraser)

The Mummy Franchise Returns

• Breaking News: Fraser announces a new Mummy film with the “band back together” after decades.

  • “We're gonna get the band back together. The only way to do it. Right.” (15:18, Fraser)
  • “Please wish me luck. I'm doing my best to get this 57-year-old gear in shape.” (15:47, Fraser)

• Amusing discussion about Universal’s Mummy ride, with Fallon raving and Fraser admitting he’s never been on it.

New Film: Pressure

• Fraser portrays Dwight D. Eisenhower in a WWII-set drama, focused on the crucial weather decision before D-Day.
  • “I didn't know that the premise of this movie was that in 1944, on Monday, June 5, that was D Day originally... But for a boulder in the stream type of performance from Andrew Scott ... who played a meteorologist who came forward and told the Joint Chiefs of Staff that they needed to delay...” (17:17, Fraser)
  • “When Eisenhower was asked about it…he said, ‘We just had better weathermen than the Germans did.’” (18:28, Fraser)
• Fraser reflects on the role and his resemblance to Eisenhower after being sent a side-by-side photo by the director.

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Kate Mara

Timestamps: 20:14–26:21

Personal Milestones & NFL Legacy

• Mara discusses returning to her hometown New York after two decades in LA, largely to be closer to family and the Giants.
  • “We moved to be closer to my parents and my siblings and to be closer to the New York Giants.” (21:18, Mara)
• Anecdotes about how victory or loss by the Giants affects her family’s moods.
  • “If they win that pops, their grandpa will either be, you know, happy, sad, or pissed.” (21:40, Mara)
  • “When I say that the Giants are on…my little three year old will go, ‘oh, no.’ …last season was rough.” (22:24, Mara)

Broadway Aspirations & Acting Origins

• Childhood dreams of Broadway, with a funny story about being cut from The Sound of Music auditions for being “too tall”—at 5'2”.
  • “My Broadway dreams died because I was too tall at 5 foot 2.” (24:23, Mara)
  • “I prayed every day, don't grow! … It didn't work because I'm not on Broadway. But I am five two.” (24:37, Mara)

Sisterly Collaborations and Imperfect Women

• Recently shot a film ("Bucking Fastered") with her sister Rooney Mara.
• Stars in Apple TV’s Imperfect Women, a psychological thriller.
  • “My character is dead on arrival…but then the show follows these three best friends …trying to figure out what happened to my character, Nancy.” (26:02, Mara)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "There's more paperwork involved sending your kid to a trampoline park." – Fallon on Trump's one-page Iran memo (01:55)
• "Operation the Squeakquel...I still know what you did last operation." – Fallon in political sketch (02:22–02:24)
• “No cap, dude, that bet was busting” – Fallon as "Kalshi Cringe Adult" (03:54)
• "I relocated them permanently." – Fallon, reading #MomQuotes (09:53)
• "We're gonna give the audience what they have been bothering all of us for for the last 20...whatever years." – Fraser on new Mummy movie (15:23)
• "Please wish me luck. I'm doing my best to get this 57-year-old gear in shape." – Fraser (15:47)
• “I didn't know that the premise of this movie was... the weekend before D-Day all the conversations that take place…” – Fraser on Pressure (17:17)
• “My Broadway dreams died because I was too tall at 5 foot 2.” – Kate Mara (24:34)

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• 01:07–03:03 – Monologue: Satire on Nurses Day, Trump, and war naming
• 03:03–04:36 – Kamikaze dolphins and Kalshi Sports Betting sketch
• 04:36–05:53 – Taylor Swift/voice AI & voice swap skit
• 07:01–10:03 – Hashtag #MomQuotes audience bit
• 10:21–19:55 – Brendan Fraser interview: Oscar backstage, new Mummy movie, Pressure
• 20:14–26:21 – Kate Mara interview: Moving, Giants legacy, Broadway, Imperfect Women

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Conclusion

This episode features a strong blend of current events satire, engaging celebrity interviews, and audience interaction. Jimmy’s warm, quick-witted hosting style keeps things rolling, whether he’s lampooning politicians or reminiscing with Brendan Fraser and Kate Mara. Fraser confirms long-rumored news of a new Mummy installment, while Mara shares touching and comic insights into her upbringing, career, and her new show. For Tonight Show fans, this episode is both classic and current, filled with memorable moments and comedic gems.

Transcript

[Jimmy Fallon]

From 306B in Rockefeller center in the heart of New York City with the Tonight show starring Jimmy Fallon. Tonight joins Jimmy and his guests. Brendan Fraser, Kate Marrow. Featuring the legendary Ruth 2, 2, 8 a Jimmy. And now, here he is, Jimmy Fallon. Thank you very much. Enjoy us, everybody.

Enjoy yourself.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Tonight Show. This is it.

Well, hey, this is great. Today is Nurses Appreciation Day.

That's what I'm talking about. Thank you.

Thank you. Nurses, you have one of the toughest jobs. You're the ones who have to say, Mr. President, the gown is supposed to open in the back. Yes, yes. You're the ones who have to butter the MRI machine so that the President can squeeze in and out, you know, and then write down the number he gives you. You know, on the bright side, doctors are the ones who have to hold his ballroom while he coughs. So that's. Well, speaking of Trump, I read that he's now working on a one page memo to end the war in Iran. A one page memo? This more paperwork involves sending your kid to a trampoline park?

I mean, what is he talking.

Well, this week the White House claimed that Operation Epic Fury was over and that they were moving on to a new phase of the war called Project Freedom. We actually got a recording of Trump and his staff talking about it in the Oval Office. Watch this. Sir. Operation Epic Fury is a bust. We need a rebrand. Any name, ideas?

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

Operation Epic Fury 2.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

Operation Junior?

[Brendan Fraser]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

Operation. The Way of Water? No. Operation. The Squeakquel.

[Brendan Fraser]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

I know what you did last operation.

[Brendan Fraser]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

I still know what you did last operation.

[Brendan Fraser]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

Operation. And the Prisoner of Azkaban?

[Brendan Fraser]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

Operation Episode one, the Phantom Menace?

[Brendan Fraser]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

Operation Powers the Spy who Shagged Me?

[Brendan Fraser]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Harold and Kumar.

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

Go to Operation Castle.

[Brendan Fraser]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

Operation Desert Storm.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Take it.

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

Operation the Board Game. Take it Operation Fireball.

[Brendan Fraser]

Did you say Fireball?

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

Not the drink. Operation Shots.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Fire.

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

Did you say shots? Not the drink.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Aw, I give up.

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

This is totally useless.

[Brendan Fraser]

You call us dead?

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

No, just name it something stupid like Project Freedom.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's pretty good.

Yay. It all worked out.

And did you see this? Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just denied a report that Iran is using kamikaze dolphins in the Strait of Hormuz, but said the US Military might be. And if kamikaze dolphins don't work, they're gonna send in cocaine bear. So kamikaze dolphins switching gears is how the sports betting company Kalshi has launched features to keep kids off the website. Yep, they just put out this commercial. Check this out.

[Kalshi Commercial Voice]

Here at Kalshi, users can bet on anything from sports to real world events. And we're implementing face ID and two factor authentication to keep kids off our platforms. But we're not stopping there. Introducing the cowshe Cringe adult.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What up, fam? Scooby Riz.

[Kate Mara]

Oh no. Couchy Cringe adult.

[Kalshi Commercial Voice]

Now if your kids try to make a bet, the couchy cringe adult will interfere.

[Brendan Fraser]

Let's do 500 on the Knicks.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No cap. Dude, that bet was busting. Plus 1,000 aura points, my guy.

[Kate Mara]

Ugh, nevermind.

[Kalshi Commercial Voice]

They're not gonna wanna come anywhere near our website.

[Kate Mara]

300 on Scotty Cephalouin.

[Brendan Fraser]

Bro, that is a slay choice, not

[Jimmy Fallon]

sauce and not the lulu in the slightest. Uh, is somebody sigma ing right now?

[Kate Mara]

You are, bro.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Who's this?

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

Unc.

[Kalshi Commercial Voice]

And that goes for any sport.

[Kate Mara]

Let's bet on the world's cop chat.

[Brendan Fraser]

I'll tell you what you should bet.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Six, seven.

[Kate Mara]

Let's go outside.

[Kalshi Commercial Voice]

Kalshee committed to keeping sports betting safe and kid free.

[Brendan Fraser]

Jesus, guys, I think that'll work.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I think that'll work. Oh my God. Well, some entertainment news. I read that Taylor Swift just filed the trademark. Her voice taking the first legal steps against AI and deepfakes. Ooh, wow. Maybe I should do something like that before someone steals my voice. Too late, Jimmy. Sorry, who said that? I did. Jimmy, unfortunately you didn't trademark your voice, so now it's mine. Hashtag sorrynotsorry.

What?

Come on man, that's my voice. You can't just steal it. Well, I can and I did. Besides, I kinda dig it. I feel like it works with my whole vibe, you know? Can I at least buy it back? I mean, how much do you want?

[Kate Mara]

Hmm.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Well, I am kind of hungry. How's 10 bucks for a couple slices of pizza? 10 bucks? That's a little steep. What about 5 bucks? Let's meet in the middle. How's 8 bucks, 6 bucks, 7 bucks and you throw in a root beer. Okay, deal. You want cash?

[Brendan Fraser]

Nah, just venmo me.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Thanks, I appreciate it. Enjoy the pizza.

And finally, a 49 year old man

beat a world record by pulling an over 20,000 pound bus with his neck. Yeah, like everyone else, he tried to avoid touching anything on the bus with his hands.

We have a great show. Give it up for the Roots right now. What a show we have for you tonight.

He's the best frontman in the history of rock and roll. His band the Rolling Stones have a

new album out July 10th called Foreign Tongues. Mick Jagger is here. July what Are you talking about? What are you doing? What do you name? Come on, foreign tongues. July 10th.

We're doing something fun with him a little late in the show, so stick around for that. Also, he's an Academy award winning actor who is starring in the new film Pressure, which is in theaters May 29th.

Brendan Fraser is here tonight. Love that man. Best delight.

She stars in the Apple TV series Imperfect Women, which is streaming now. Kate Mara is joining us. Guys, it is time for tonight's show. Hashtag, here we go. So with Mother's Day coming up this weekend, I sent out the hashtag momquotes and asked you to post some funny or weird things that your mom has said. Within minutes, it was a trending topic in the US So thank you for playing along with us. And now I thought I'd share some of my favorite mom quotes from you guys. All right, here we go. This first one is from kdeja. She said my mom used to say about my friend, she can talk the balls off a pool table. Oh, well, is that a compliment? Yeah.

[Brendan Fraser]

I don't know.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I've never heard of that one. This next one's from the pool table. There you go. Left ball, side pocket. This next One is from Onzimbo 2. His mom once said, if your dad was more handsome, you might have more brothers.

Whoa.

This next One is from 8,785. She said, When I got an ice cube stuck in my throat, mom said, calm down. It'll melt before you pass out. That makes me. Thanks, Mom. This next one is from Urditweet16. She said, if I were acting up as kids, mom would say, you better straighten up before you jerk a knot in your tail. We knew what that meant. I don't know if I know what. I don't think I know what that means. I don't know what that means. I don't know.

[Jimmy Fallon (voice impression or sketch)]

Jerk.

[Jimmy Fallon]

A knot in your. I guess with a pool table, right? I don't know, man. I don't think it has anything to do with the pool. Next one's from Anniezboy. She said, my mom always told me to go braless because it'll pull the wrinkles from your face. Mom quotes. Ah. Mom never heard that either.

Wow. Woo.

This next one's from Louie. He said, when I was young, the karate kid was popular. Mom and I were cooking together in the kitchen. She goofs around, slaps me in the face with a bag of hamburger buns and yells, bunsai, Daniel son. Buns. Bun's eye. Buns eye. Yeah, like Bun like the bun in his eye. This one. This next one's from lay 075. He said while messing around on the riding mower, my mom said, hey, if you cut your leg off, don't come running to me for help. Finally, this Last one's from BrendanBurkenRT. His mom always said, I don't lose things, I relocate them permanently. There you have it.

Those are our Tonight show hashtags. Come on back for tonight's show. Our first guest is an Oscar winning

actor who stars in the new film Pressure, which is in theaters everywhere on May 29th. Please welcome Brendan Fraser.

Bella Diaz. Thank you, Brendan. Thank you. Welcome back. They love. We love you. We love you.

[Brendan Fraser]

Thank you. Jimmy.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Come on, bud. Thanks for coming back on the show. We always love when you're here. We just had Mick Jagger out here.

I saw.

Yeah, it's fun. Are you a big Rolling Stones fan?

[Brendan Fraser]

When he had a concert in. I was in grade eight, living in Seattle. I wasn't allowed to go because I was at parochial school. But, you know, rock and roll was scary and bad.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Brendan Fraser]

And I'm happy that I almost met him.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, yeah. It counts. That counts as a concert.

Yeah.

Last time you were on, by the way, you're always a great guest and we love having you on here. You did a sketch with us where you played Gilvan of the tree.

[Brendan Fraser]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And I was Goatleg Greg. And here's Brendan in the. You were in a nest. You were in a bird's nest. And you would play the flute or the lute.

[Brendan Fraser]

It was the lute, right?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes, I think it was the lute. Yeah. And you had these great teeth in there. And I just remember them. They didn't really fit right. They kept falling out. And it was. Gosh, you just ran with it like a pro. And I really appreciate that.

[Brendan Fraser]

Actually, I think I swallowed them.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, I think you might have. We need them back. Yeah, they're expensive. But here's what I love about this. Ten days after this sketch, you won an Oscar. Come on, boy.

That's ten days after. That's why we love you. That's why we love you.

Dignity, dignity always. Dignity, always. Yeah. Everyone was so excited when you won. What's going through your mind when you heard your name?

[Brendan Fraser]

I was astonished. I didn't know what to expect. I know me and all the other guys were just waiting for them to just say anyone's name. It was like a piano wire of tension, you know?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Does it feel like a long time?

[Brendan Fraser]

You were on a gauntlet Doing that. Oh, yeah, you know, press tour kind of thing.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And do you remember what you said? I know you thanked me.

[Brendan Fraser]

I know that I got to thank everyone. I did. I had a fancy speech in my pocket. I forgot everything. And I guess I made it backstage and I kind of got lost. And it's funny, I know you're surrounded by people, but they said no. You go from stage left to stage right. And I was going behind the scrim and suddenly there were no people there. And I'm looking at this gold naked man holding a sword.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And

[Brendan Fraser]

then Jimmy Kimmel comes walking by going, hey, you did great. And I'm like, what just happened? And he kind of just went, yeah, you're up. And he kept going. I made it out after we did a bunch of press. And then the street, well, the streets were all locked down around Hollywood Boulevard when you do the Oscars. And it's funny, you know, all this glitz and glam. And then behind the Kodak Theater, we were looking for the golf cart or some sort of vehicle to get us wherever we're supposed to go next. And the streets are all locked down. There are people behind wire fences and they're all like, brandon, this is my Oscar. And then I started recognizing the streets. Like, I was like, oh, wow. I think that's the alleyway that I once shot a video with Tone Loke for the movie Encino Man.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wow.

[Brendan Fraser]

I'm serious.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And did you think it was like a this is your life moment?

[Brendan Fraser]

Well, he contributed this song. It was called. I think it was Cool Hand Loke went on the soundtrack.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wow.

[Brendan Fraser]

And for the life of me, I've been AI Google doogle, all this stuff. I can't find this video.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Cool Hand Loke.

[Brendan Fraser]

Cool Hand, look. I was drag racing with Tone Loke. Wow. In an alleyway.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And it was that.

[Brendan Fraser]

And I beat him too. And he had the fancy car and he kept getting mad at me because I had like the souped up looking red convertible with the power shifting buttons in the front.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Brendan Fraser]

I don't know. It was a very altered experience.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, that sounds surreal to me. Yeah. To be holding it up.

[Brendan Fraser]

That's what happened blow by blow.

[Jimmy Fallon]

But I mean, man, you were great in the Whale and you had Sadie Sink was your daughter in the film. And she's fantastic as well.

[Brendan Fraser]

She's fantastic. And right now she is playing the part she was born to. And it was written by William Shakespeare. She's on the West End right now as Juliet.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's right. She's Doing Romeo and Juliet. Good for Sandy.

We love you.

Well, there's some pretty big news that's kind of breaking the Internet regarding you. People are saying that you're getting another mummy film back together. Is this true or are you doing another. You are doing it.

Thank you, buddy.

What do we know about it so far? Is there anything you're allowed to tell?

[Brendan Fraser]

Well, we're gonna get the band back together.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

[Brendan Fraser]

The only way to do it. Right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, of course.

[Brendan Fraser]

So we're going to give the audience what they have been bothering all of us for. For the last 20, whatever years.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Did you ever think they were gonna do this?

[Brendan Fraser]

I was hopeful for a long while and then I was like, no, I don't know if they are, you know, other mummy movies got made. But anyway, look, what we're gonna do is saddle back up, go back to the locations. I should probably stop talking like this.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay. All right.

Okay. Yeah.

[Brendan Fraser]

However, I know that please wish me luck. I'm doing my best to get this 57 year old gear in shape.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, my God.

[Brendan Fraser]

You're gonna be.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You know how to do it, buddy. You know how to do it. I cannot wait. I heard that to get you in character for the role that Universal took you to your ride. You have a ride. The Mummy ride at Universal Studios. Here you are. And look at that.

[Brendan Fraser]

Can you spot me?

[Jimmy Fallon]

See you right there.

[Brendan Fraser]

This is right as the guy goes, don't wear your hat, it'll get blown off.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. It's one of the best rides. By the way, every time I go to Universal, I make sure to go on this ride. I always take my kids on it. I go, this is the best ride because there's a surprise in the ride. I don't want to spoil it for anybody, but I have a ride as well.

You do?

[Brendan Fraser]

Yeah, and I haven't been on it yet. I'd like to.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Perhaps you haven't been on it yet.

[Brendan Fraser]

I have not been on it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Well, you have to go on it.

[Brendan Fraser]

I know I do.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's the most fun. You're gonna really love it.

[Brendan Fraser]

I'll be there. Yeah, you count on it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You can wear your hat on my ride. But I just love that. I just love that you went on this. It's one of the best rides ever. This is Crusher. Already it's happening. The Mummy is coming back. I cannot wait to see it.

But we're here to talk about your

new film called Pressure. In this film you play Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II. It's a true story about a Huge part of the. And it came down to one guy, the weatherman.

[Brendan Fraser]

I didn't know that the premise of this movie was that in 1944, on Monday, June 5, that was D Day originally. And inbound weather was awful. Troops would not have been able to land safely if they were not already under peril. Clearly they were. But for a boulder in the stream type of performance from Andrew Scott, let me tell you, he played a meteorologist who came forward and told the Joint Chiefs of Staff that weekend before that they needed to delay or else there would have been absolute disaster. And so this is the weekend before D Day and all of the conversations that take place now, we all know that D day was Tuesday, June 6, 1944. And that was because they had delayed for about 14 hours, 16 hours to land in Operation Overlord in normandy with some 130,000 troops. And they did so safely by taking advantage of a gap in the weather.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Really?

[Brendan Fraser]

Yeah, of some, I don't know, like 12 or 14 hours. And that's when those troops went. Otherwise they would have had to wait until the 18th, when the moon had changed cycles, the tides would have risen differently, and clearly the enemy would have known they were on their way. But as it turns out, the enemy thought they'd be crazy to attack in weather like this. But Eisenhower said, we're going on the advice of this meteorologist. And when he was asked about it 20 years later in an interview remembering D Day by Walter Cronkite on the beaches, he asked, you know, how did you do it? And like Eisenhower said, well, we just had better weathermen than the Germans did.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wow. Did you ever think that you would play Eisenhower?

[Brendan Fraser]

No. No, I didn't. When Anthony Maris, our director, contacted me, I was like, I didn't know anything about this.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Brendan Fraser]

History hadn't really taught me that. And I was like, me, Really? I don't really look like Eisenhower. I mean, I can, you know.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Brendan Fraser]

Which is a lot of fun. But he sent me a photo of myself alongside Dwight Eisenhower and I went, oh, okay, I can see it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

This is you next to a picture of a. Not bad. That's fantastic. That didn't look like you. Amazing.

Brendan Fraser Kretcher is in theaters May 29th. We'll be right back, everybody.

Our next guest is an Emmy nominated actress starring in the series Imperfect Women, which is streaming all episodes on Apple tv. Please welcome Kate Mara.

Hey, welcome back to the show.

Thanks for being here. You know, every time you come on the Tonight show, it feels like there's another milestone in your life. Cause you were getting engaged at one point, then you got married at one point, then you're having a baby. Since I last saw you, you had another baby. And then most recently, you and your family moved back to New York.

[Kate Mara]

Yeah. Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So it's a new year.

[Kate Mara]

I like to celebrate everything here with you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You have to celebrate everything. Are you happy to be back in New York?

[Kate Mara]

I'm so happy. I mean, I'm from New York, so coming back, you know, I feel like I've come back home. I was in LA for 20 something years, so it's wild to be back.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You did your time out there, but now you're back with the family.

[Kate Mara]

I'm back with the family. We moved to be closer to my parents and my siblings and to be closer to the New York Giants.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. I mean, your great grandfather founded the New York Giants. I don't know if anyone knows this. This is true. And your dad still works with the Giants.

[Kate Mara]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Your kids are very young, but do they have any understanding about the family's tradition?

[Kate Mara]

Yes, they do. I mean, I've got a. We have a 3 year old, almost 7 year old, and I have a 12 year old stepson as well. And the little ones, they know that on Sunday when the Giants are playing that if they win that pops, their grandpa will either be, you know, happy, sad, or pissed.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Kate Mara]

It's like one of those three emotions. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

If they win, he'll be happy. Grandpa. If they lose, let's just go, we'll see him tomorrow.

[Kate Mara]

Yeah. Or he'll need, like extra hugs on certain days, you know?

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's so funny.

[Kate Mara]

I know. You wonder like, how it's gonna affect them when they get older.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No. Yeah. But are they understanding how, like, how much it is in the blood of the family? I mean, you guys are always, I mean.

[Kate Mara]

Yes. When I say that the Giants are on to. We're gonna watch the Giants game. My little three year old will go, oh, no. Yeah, he'll literally. It makes. It scares him because last season was rough. But. But next year.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's so funny.

[Kate Mara]

Next season is gonna. He's gonna be so happy.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay, good.

All right, good. It's gonna be good next year.

Good. Go Giants.

[Kate Mara]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I was talking to you backstage. You were talking about the Tony Awards. The nomination just came out and you were saying that you've always wanted to be on Broadway or do something on Broadway.

[Kate Mara]

That was. I mean, moving back to New York really reignited my childhood, you know, my passion as a little kid. What Made me wanna be an actor. Was Broadway going to Broadway shows and everything. So being back home, I'm able to go to all the shows now, and it just, like, has reignited that sort of love.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's amazing.

[Kate Mara]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Have you ever auditioned or thought about to.

[Kate Mara]

Yes, My first. When I was 14, my first heartbreak, I would say, was auditioning for the Sound of Music on Broadway.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Ooh.

[Kate Mara]

I was auditioning, you know, all the Von Trapp children. Of course, there's, like, seven of them.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

[Kate Mara]

Do you actually know them so long.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Kate Mara]

There you go. So I was auditioning to play the second oldest girl, Luisa. And, you know, they all have. They have to line up like this. It has to be, like, tallest to smallest.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, the cute. Yeah, the little one says.

[Kate Mara]

Right. So very specific height. You need to be a specific height to be in the show. And I am not a tall lady. Shocker. I'm like five foot two now.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay.

[Kate Mara]

But when I was 14, I was also five foot two. Why is that funny? But I auditioned, and I was there till the end. I had, like, six callbacks. They kept getting rid of kids. And then all of a sudden, it was just, like, seven of us standing there all in the line. And I looked to my right, and the girl who was, you know, playing my older sister was the same height as me. And I just thought, like, oh, and

[Jimmy Fallon]

did you kind of shrink a little bit?

[Kate Mara]

Well, they. That was it. They cut me out. I was too tall. They were scared I was gonna grow more. So that was it. That was my dream. My Broadway dreams died because I was too tall at 5 foot 2.

[Jimmy Fallon]

5 foot 2, you think you could have slumped a little bit?

[Kate Mara]

I prayed. I prayed every day, don't grow. I want to be on Broadway. And it worked.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It didn't work.

[Kate Mara]

It didn't work because I'm not on Broadway. But I am five two.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, you're five two. You're perfect. You were the perfect height. I don't want you to be any taller, but come back and do Broadway, please.

[Kate Mara]

I hope so.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. We want to see.

[Kate Mara]

Give me a job.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Let's manifest this. We'd love to see you. How's your sister Rooney doing as well?

[Kate Mara]

She's great.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Please tell her I said hello.

[Kate Mara]

I will.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You just shot something with her, right? You did a movie?

[Kate Mara]

Yeah. Yep, we did a movie together.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Was that fun, doing it with your sister?

[Kate Mara]

It was amazing.

[Brendan Fraser]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Of course.

[Kate Mara]

We did a movie called Bucking Fastered, which is a.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Thank you for saying that. Slow.

[Kate Mara]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. I appreciate it.

[Kate Mara]

Yes. People think I mess it up every time.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Bucking fastered.

[Kate Mara]

But they sent us the script and I read the title and went, yep, there you go.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, I like this. Yeah, it's gonna be fun.

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Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Come back when that's. That's coming out.

[Kate Mara]

Yeah, we will. We'll come together.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Come together. Yeah, it'll be perfect. Let's talk about imperfect women. Oh, my gosh, what a cast. This is Kerry Wasington, Elizabeth Moss. Did you guys know each other before this?

[Kate Mara]

Yeah, Kerry and I have known each other since, I think since I was about 14. We had the same manager when we were kids.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, my gosh.

[Kate Mara]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And she got the part in Sound of Music. Yeah.

[Kate Mara]

Damn her.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Kate Mara]

Yeah. I've known her for a while.

[Jimmy Fallon]

This is great. It is a gripping psychological thriller. How do you set up the series and who you play?

[Kate Mara]

Well, my character is dead on arrival.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Spoiler.

[Kate Mara]

Yeah, it's not a spoiler. But before the show even starts, she's already dead. Yes, but then the show follows these three best friends. The other two living friends are trying to figure out what happened to my character, Nancy.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

[Kate Mara]

Lots of twists and turns.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It can't matter, everybody. All episodes of Imperfect Women are streaming now on Apple tv. More Tonight show after the break. Stick around. My thanks to Brendan Fraser, Kate Mara, and Larouche right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Good night, everybody. Thank you. Do. Get involved.

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