As part of the 1,500th episode celebration, the actor sang a song that Fallon said he has been pitching to 'famous people' for years who all passed.
Fallon went on to describe the sketch as “our white whale,” revealing that the show had “been pitching it for years” to tons of guests, “famous people that you know and love,” actors who sing in movies, dancers, and artists who “actually have music out.”
“They all passed on it,” he said to audience laughs. “But not tonight. Tonight that changes because we finally have someone who has the guts to do it.” Before the stage lights came up on Harington, who — with slicked-back hair and in a black suit — sat at a piano covered in flowers and lit candles, Fallon laughed as he admitted the actor “doesn’t play piano by the way and he doesn’t even really know how to sing.”Both of those things were confirmed as Harington playfully gave his full-throated rendition of the 2001 hit from the band’s sophomore album.
After the performance, Harington revealed his hesitations about doing the sketch, which was complicated by the possibility that it “might open up whole new vistas of a career in singing.” “I had a lot of thoughts when you sent me that. Like, a lot,” Harington said in his sitdown with Fallon. “And the sensible part of my brain, the bit that said, ‘You’re not a singer, you have no connection to this song, it’s of no relevance to anything you’re talking about on the show,’ said don’t do it.
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