That Huge ‘Now You See Me 3’ Spoiler Cameo Nearly Didn’t Occur

Now You See Me: Now You Don’t performed a magic trick on the field workplace this weekend, taking the #1 spot over the much-hyped remake of The Running Man starring Glen Powell. It appears audiences are very a lot within the temper to maintain seeing the 4 Horsemen carry out the form of wild, Robin Hood-esque stunts this star-studded franchise is all about.

And it’s more likely to proceed. Not solely has director Ruben Fleischer already begun chipping away at a fourth movie, however the movie itself ends with a giant, shock tease in the direction of what’s subsequent. Although, in line with Fleischer, it virtually didn’t occur. To elucidate, we’ve to get into spoilers.

Going into its launch, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t gave the impression to be lacking two essential components. One was Lizzy Caplan, who took over for Isla Fisher on the second film as a consequence of scheduling. The second was Mark Ruffalo, whose detective-turned-magic-leader has at all times been on the middle of the motion. Nicely, considered one of Now You See Me 3‘s first large methods is bringing Caplan again mid-movie, after which, for its ultimate reveal, Ruffalo returns too. Solely, not the way you’d anticipate.

“The largest problem with Mark is his schedule,” Fleischer instructed Variety. “He’s a really busy man, and so he was solely capable of be within the movie as a result of we did some reshoots this summer time. He wasn’t initially out there over the course of principal images. He truly wasn’t even out there throughout our reshoots, however I used to be fortunate to catch him for a day in New York, and we shot him towards a inexperienced display screen. That’s why he’s a hologram, versus getting into into the scene. We took what we may get.”

Sure, on the finish of Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, Ruffalo’s character Dylan Rhodes, who the movie explains early on is in jail, seems as a holographic message to the Horsemen and their new counterparts. He teases that every one that’s occurred is to The Eye’s liking (that’s the large magic society he appears to run), however now this new group has extra to do. Which, we assume, can be the plot of a fourth film.

How that tease would’ve occurred if Ruffalo wasn’t out there, we don’t know. However getting him to look within the film in any respect does really feel like the ultimate piece of the puzzle that retains this installment as related as the remaining. We hope all of them come collectively once more, and quick.

Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, Morgan Freeman, Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, and Ariana Greenblatt, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is now in theaters.

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