--- description: “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon came up with a new game called “Face Balls” while Julia Roberts was on-set. title: Jimmy Fallon Pegs Julia Roberts in the Face with a Ball image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5212c07dc2de79e/69869e21169ab001d227a95d/lnh1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jimmy Fallon, Julia Roberts Peg Each Other With Balls by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 1, 2014 3:03 PM CUT  Actress Julia Roberts and host Jimmy Fallon play 'Face Balls' on July 31, 2014 Actress Julia Roberts and host Jimmy Fallon play 'Face Balls' on July 31, 2014Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 1, 2014 3:03 PM CUT _Tonight Show_ host Jimmy Fallon came up with a new game called “Face Balls” while Julia Roberts was on-set Thursday. The premise is simple: you throw balls at a person’s face and then watch their reactions in slow motion. The results were hilarious. “This is like the comedy version of _Fifty Shades of Grey,_” Roberts said to Fallon. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3070198/jimmy-fallon-julia-roberts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3070198/jimmy-fallon-julia-roberts/"},"headline":"Jimmy Fallon, Julia Roberts Peg Each Other With Balls","datePublished":"2014-08-01T15:03:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:06.814Z","description":"Roberts was there to promote HBO's The Normal Heart","url":"https://time.com/3070198/jimmy-fallon-julia-roberts/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5212c07dc2de79e/69869e21169ab001d227a95d/lnh1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5212c07dc2de79e/69869e21169ab001d227a95d/lnh1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"lnh1280x720","caption":"Actress Julia Roberts and host Jimmy Fallon play 'Face Balls' on July 31, 2014","creditText":"Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3070198/jimmy-fallon-julia-roberts/","name":"Jimmy Fallon, Julia Roberts Peg Each Other With Balls"}}]}] ```