Jesse Eisenberg Reveals Secrets of 'Now You See Me'

Jesse Eisenberg reteams with his "Zombieland" cohort, Woody Harrelson, for the brilliantly unpredictable movie, "Now You See Me," opening in theaters May 31st. Eisenberg stars as Michael Atlas, a guy who's so good in card tricks that he gets invited to join The Four Horsemen alongside Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco. Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine co-star in this Louis Leterrier-directed crime-thriller.

In this interview, we talked about:

*** What got him interested in making "Now You See Me"
*** The movie's thesis -- "the closer you look, the less you see"
*** How did he prepare for his character?
*** What tricks did he learn?
*** His playwriting skills in the stage play "Asuncion"
*** What's his interest in writing stage plays?
*** Working with Woody Harrelson again
*** If he can have one magic trick what will it be?

[notsean]

You can see that Jesse is genuinely distressed about his interview lol XD

[nancyconrad]

I saw the same thing. Eisenberg looks a little weary of the interview junket. I'm happy to see he's polite with Manny who's from Palm Springs - so he's perfect for that market! Love you Manny! You go!!!

[GuiiBrazil]

"The uploader has not made this video available in your country" ... my ass!!!!

[Genocidalic]

There is a reason for how he acted. He has anxiety disorders so they kick in randomly and this movie was fantastic I loved

[johnmcclane]

His character wasn't that difficult. The character was pretty much the same as the one in Social Network.

[HowDareThey]

I think they were referring back to a different interview--they are probably referring to the disastrous/funny interview Jesse did with Univisions' Romina Puga. That one is getting talked about a lot, even on pages of other videos! lol.

[Kaasisgeenbaas]

Anxiety is not a reason for being rude, though. It explains being awkward or uncomfortable in social interactions, but not being mean or condescending.
I don't think he's entirely to blame for that failed interview though; the interviewer didn't seem too professional and she was also being a bit condescending.
So yeah, hopefully that interview was staged, could be.
This interview was fine though and the interviewer seemed super nice.

[ollie]

how come jesse looks so diffrent from the movie i mean like his hair and his beard and wow.

[bambilost]

His personality is so different compared to his character! But that makes him a good actor, then. Love him btw!

[sophieryan]

He was going to the mardi gras after this interview!

[Lolfire]

? And gay people are aggressive?

No. He's overly camp. He tries to hard to appear enthusiastic and it doesn't work when played against actors who do about 15 of these interviews in a row with different interviewers.

[from]

i think the lady in that interview was annoying and really rude, he was just going along with it.... if you can't beat them, then why not join them?

[flip]

i am wonderfully blessed

thats's nice....

[MarineEODTech]

Haha When I saw the movie, It was quite predictable, but I guess that was just me xD. But still have to say It was a Great movie haha I will definitely be buying it when its on blueray

[part]

Gay interviewer lol. Wat trick wud you like to do. Slight of hand. Interviewer says. Abundance if money wtf lmao