David Copperfield Confirms What We Suspected All Along About The Magic In Now You See Me

According to what Copperfield told the Washington Times, all the illusions performed in the movies are, to some extent, replicable in real life. He bragged about how he's the one who suggested all the illusions that make the film so entertaining, including the rain that rains upward being "a practical effect that could be done live."

Copperfield even acknowledges how the films take inspiration from popular heist movies like "Ocean's Eleven." He stated that the movies are "a kind of tip of the hat to George Clooney" (although, to the best of our knowledge, Clooney is not a professional heist planner) and how at the end of the movie, "you see what they did did [sic] to process it. It's fun." It's unclear from watching the movie how many of the tricks may or may not have received some CGI assistance in the editing room in order to make things flow more smoothly and look better on the silver screen. But it's interesting to know that the illusions are not the typical, unrealistic Hollywood tricks that fans might expect.