#Jay Leno Has Joined The Cast Of The Brian Epstein Biopic, Midas Man

“The Ed Sullivan Show” was filmed in the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, which later became the venue for Leno’s main competition, “Late Night with David Letterman.” The conflict between Letterman and Leno over who would succeed Johnny Carson as the host of “The Tonight Show” in the 1990s is the stuff of showbiz legend and even became the subject of an HBO movie, “The Late Shift.” In the 2010s, a similar conflict would brew between Leno and Conan O’Brien when Leno maneuvered to take the show back after O’Brien inherited it.

This year, Conan retired from late-night television, and Letterman has long since grown a white beard and moved on to his Netflix show, “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.” Leno, meanwhile, has been laboring away on reality TV on “Jay Leno’s Garage,” while Jimmy Fallon has taken over as the host of “The Tonight Show.”

As a viewer who was partial to Letterman and Conan — and even went to see their shows in Manhattan — I wasn’t so much a fan of Leno in his day. However, with a little makeup and hairstyling, I could see him passing for Sullivan, who pioneered the sort of the show that Leno, Letterman, Conan, and Fallon would host.

“Midas Man” is currently in production.