Nicholas, whose father owns Carmine's Pizza Factory in Downtown Jersey City, will appear in a segment on tonight's airing of the "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." The boy's father, Carmine Testa, said Nicholas will play an 8-year-old version of Fallon during a spoof of the hit TV series, "Empire."
Nicholas Testa and his older brother Michael might be known for their incredible pizza-twirling skills, but the 8-year-old Colonia boy is taking a new act to late night television.
Nicholas, 8, whose father owns Carmine's Pizza Factory in Downtown Jersey City, will appear in a segment on tonight's airing of the "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." The boy's father, Carmine Testa, said Nicholas will play an 8-year-old version of Fallon during a spoof of the hit TV series, "Empire."
"We'll be watching from home and there's no school tomorrow so the boys will get to stay up late to watch it," said Testa, who lives with his three kids and wife in Colonia.
Michael, now 11 years old, became somewhat of an internet sensation four years ago when Testa posted a video of the boy deftly twirling pizza dough at the Eighth Street pizzeria. Since then, Michael has appeared on a number of daytime talk and food shows, including "The Rachael Ray Show" and "The Chew."
In the meantime, Nicholas has also honed his pizza-twirling skills and has since joined his brother for appearances on "Access Hollywood," "The Steve Harvey Show," and a second taping of Rachael Ray.
Testa said boys now have agents and will both appear in the upcoming film "Shake Off the World." As for his role as a young Fallon, Nicholas landed an audition for the part with the help of his agent.
"It's a throwback to the 80s when Jimmy was probably 8 years old," Testa said of tonight's segment. "We met at the studio, but the segment was actually filmed in Harlem in this beautiful brownstone."
While Nicholas didn't get chance meet the popular late night host, Testa said the 3rd grader had brushes with a couple of A-listers -- country music star Carrie Underwood and actress Jessica Alba -- during costume fittings.
"(Carrie Underwood) looked right at Nicky and said 'he's so cute.' He just shut down. He put his face in his hands," Testa said. "I asked him what was the matter and he said, 'Dad, she was too pretty.'"
Fallon, whose show airs week nights at 11:35 p.m. on NBC, has had audiences laughing with similar TV show spoofs, from the hilarious "Joking Bad" spoof of "Breaking Bad," to a "Game of Thrones" satire.
"I don't think he really gets the enormity of the kind of show he was cast to be in," Testa said.
"Everybody's really excited for him."