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Jesse Eisenberg gets candid about the challenges of learning new magic tricks for 'Now You See Me,' explaining the difference between muscle memory and starting from scratch. Stick around for the hilarious moment when co-star Isla Fisher playfully roasts him about his dedication.
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00:00it's so interesting all the things that i learned from the first one i still maintain like the muscle
00:05memory is like i learned it like it was like as good as 10 years ago the stuff that was
00:10new
00:10was like like learning something completely different it's so strange like i have muscle
00:16memory for the tricks that i really practiced a lot and then tricks that are kind of like related
00:20like a diamond reveal diamonds down here and i turn it up and reveal felt like i was learning
00:24something totally unrelated to the other thing diamonds are forever and it's so hard like matt
00:29learning these tricks are so hard the people who are great magicians spend every day of their lives
00:34in front of the mirror doing the same trick and if you're not doing that it's not going to look
00:37good and so you know we're cramming when we're doing these movies every time we're not filming
00:41a scene we're off doing our thing practicing with one of our magic teachers well well you were off
00:46promoting real pain and flying at oscar even more of a reason he was really working hard on magic you
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