Fallon described how “baseball history” intervened to change the ending of their 2005 romantic comedy.
It’s the most magical year ever."
The Sox’s surprise win forced those behindFever Pitchto drop the original ending.
Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon in ‘Fever Pitch’.Everett Collection
“Weve just kind of recalibrated our timeline, Fox 2000 president Elizabeth GablertoldEntertainment Weeklyin 2004.
We augmented our fairy tale.
Barrymore and Fallon were at the final game in the World Series.
Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon on the set of 2005’s ‘Fever Pitch’.Darren Michaels
Barrymore explained that “we [happened] to have cameras at every single one of these games.”
You guys cannot bring movie cameras to the finale.'
No one [knew] that we were doing a movie.”
But then they’re nervous so they just cut to us."
“Kissing on the home plate!”
“We were on the mound!”
That hat is in the Baseball Hall of Fame."
He continued, “The Sox of course did win that game.
It’s a real blend between a great fictionalized story and reality.”
In 2015, Sox fans were able towatchFever Pitchfrom the very place where it all happened: Fenway Park.
The special screening was programmed to celebrate the film’s 10th anniversary.
