{"id":2705,"date":"2025-11-12T13:51:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cncurc.org\/?p=2705"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:57:30","slug":"isla-fisher-rosamund-pike-are-as-obsessed-with-their-now-you-see-me-now-you-dont-co-star-ariana-greenblatt-as-we-all-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cncurc.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/12\/isla-fisher-rosamund-pike-are-as-obsessed-with-their-now-you-see-me-now-you-dont-co-star-ariana-greenblatt-as-we-all-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Isla Fisher & Rosamund Pike Are As Obsessed With Their Now You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t Co-Star Ariana Greenblatt As We All Are"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Louvre heist<\/a> was not just an elaborate stunt dreamed up by the Now You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t<\/a> <\/em>marketing team to promote the third instalment of the franchise. Well, we\u2019re pretty sure it wasn\u2019t. \u201cNo comment,\u201d the film\u2019s stars Rosamund Pike<\/a>, Ariana Greenblatt<\/a>, and Isla Fisher<\/a> respond in unison when I ask them to clear up the rumors once and for all. The trio is sitting side by side (by side) in New York City during the movie\u2019s press junket and their easy rapport and deadpan comedic timing is as pitch perfect offscreen as it is on the big screen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t<\/a> <\/em>reunites Fisher with original cast members Jesse Eisenberg<\/a>, Dave Franco<\/a>, and Woody Harrelson<\/a> as the OG four horsemen, a team of magicians who also do heists. In this sequel, they reunite to recruit three new illusionists (Greenblatt, Dominic Sessa<\/a> and Justice Smith<\/a>) for their toughest job yet: the theft of the world\u2019s biggest diamond. The timing of the release has made for some hilarious memes<\/a> as the internet continues to revel in the absurdity and fantasy of the real-life Louvre heist. In a time when unemployment is on the rise<\/a> and the rich are running amok and wreaking havoc on the poor \u2014 and the social services in place to support them<\/a> \u2014 who doesn\u2019t love the idea of rogue rascals sticking it to a bougie institution by running off with its crown jewels? That\u2019s exactly what you see, and get, with Now You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Fittingly, the movie\u2019s big bad villain is a white South African named Veronika Vanderberg (played by Pike who is having the time of her life as the delightfully devilish foe) and it\u2019s full of the escapist eat-the-rich energy that seems to be permeating the zeitgeist now more than ever (recession indicator). Plus, the movie is about as anti-capitalist and anti-billionaire as a popcorn flick about magicians can be.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone needs a little bit of magic right now,\u201d Fisher says when I ask about the film\u2019s anarchist spirit. She\u2019s right. This instalment is just as silly and entertaining as the previous two (with another twist you won\u2019t see coming), which is exactly the vibe it feels like audiences are craving. And these three women from different generations who occupy three very different spaces in Hollywood \u2014 the Gen Z rising star (Greenblatt), the comedy queen primed for a comeback (Fisher), and the Oscar-nominated powerhouse (Pike) \u2014 are the perfect trio to pull off the impossible: sprinkling a little joy onto our timelines.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here, along with gushing over Greenblatt, the stars talk about bonding with the stacked cast, the illusion of Hollywood, and decide which pop stars would make the best magicians.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Refinery29: Isla, you are returning to this franchise after a decade while Rosamund and Ariana are new to it. How did you welcome the new cast to this world and did you give them any advice?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Isla Fisher: <\/strong>At the beginning, it was quite interesting. There was a bit of a divide. There were the old horsemen and we would go to set on time, no offense. Oh, we\u2019d stand on our marks waiting, and we\u2019d wait for the new ponies to show up, and they would be very suspicious of us and use words like \u201crizz\u201d and \u201cslay,\u201d which we didn\u2019t understand [laughs<\/em>]. Then, finally, I think it was the time that actually Morgan Freeman<\/a> showed up on set that we were able to join together, and then we became the best of friends. All of us get on so well and it suddenly went from being two organisms to one loving family.<\/p>\n

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She\u2019s so forward thinking, she\u2019s so progressive, she\u2019s such a feminist\u2026. Who is this magical unicorn that exists?<\/p>\n

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Rosamund Pike: <\/strong>That\u2019s the first day I showed up on set and I didn\u2019t know [what to expect].\u00a0<\/p>\n

IF: <\/strong>I knew, and have always been a massive fan of [Rosamund\u2019s] so I was so excited that she was joining us, because obviously she\u2019s the most brilliant actor. I felt very comfortable right away with her. <\/p>\n

Ariana Greenblatt:<\/strong> Justice [Smith] and I were so excited the day [Rosamund] showed up. So excited [and] so nervous. It was the queen arriving. Justice and I have this ongoing competition for your love that you don\u2019t know about.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RP:<\/strong> Well, you came to my play so you\u2019re winning.<\/p>\n

AG: <\/strong>I supported her when I was in London, and it was the best thing ever. But yeah, I feel like Dominic [Sessa], Justice, and I were equally nervous to join this already existing family. And they really welcomed us with open arms. And it was a quick bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rosamund Pike as Veronika in Now You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t. Photo Credit: Katalin Vermes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rosamund, your character Veronika Vanderberg is such a good villain. You\u2019re very good at playing characters we love to hate like in I Care A Lot <\/em><\/strong>and Gone Girl,<\/em><\/strong> for example. What is it about those roles that you are drawn to?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

RP<\/strong>: I hesitated to do this because I thought, maybe nobody needs to see me do that again<\/em>. And then I realized it wasn\u2019t exactly again, because Veronica is different. I mean, basically because she\u2019s got a different accent, which is good enough for me [laughs<\/em>]. Once I decided that she could sound different, I thought, yeah, I\u2019m going to do this<\/em>. Ruben [Fleischer], our director, promised that I would have a great time on this film and people say that, but he was absolutely right. We had a great time. I was sad to leave it behind. These guys need a good adversary, don\u2019t they? And with Veronica, I was interested in whipping her character into a shape where she was having fun, and then I hoped that an audience would have fun watching her demise, because the more arrogant she can be, and the more pleasure she\u2019s taking in herself for the longest time, then the greater the glee when you know she falls apart if she does.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ariana, your character June has this great, dry, dark sense of humor. She\u2019s really smart but constantly underestimated because of her size and she\u2019s a young girl. Why do you think teen girls are consistently underestimated and what did you enjoy about getting to explore that?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

AG:<\/strong> Yeah, absolutely. It\u2019s an unfortunate male-dominated world and they see a five-foot girl and they\u2019re like, you can do nothing<\/em>. June is the definition of underestimated. She doesn\u2019t flaunt what she can do, and she doesn\u2019t really have to prove anything loudly to people. She just kind of lets it speak for herself when needed. And I think that was the most fun for me with June. When the time comes and when there\u2019s danger ahead, she\u2019s good. She doesn\u2019t need anybody else. That was really fun.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s an unfortunate male-dominated world and they see a five-foot girl and they\u2019re like, you can do nothing<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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IF:<\/strong> And she did a lot of stunts. I\u2019m just gonna, like, blow her up for a minute. [Ariana] is the most precise stunt person. [Ariana laughs]. <\/em>You don\u2019t laugh at this! This is genuine. What she can physically do \u2014 her prowess in the fight sequences that she does in this movie were amazing. I\u2019ve seen her do it in other films, but seeing you do it on set, and watching you, particularly when you climb the wall and just you\u2019re deeply athletic, which is, of course, impressive, but it translates into her stunts being another level. It was so cool to watch. You could be like Tomb Raider!\u00a0<\/p>\n

RP:<\/strong> It\u2019s precision and power and accuracy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

IF:<\/strong> Yeah! And it\u2019s control. It\u2019s also bravery. You have to silence that inner voice to really perform it. And she does it perfectly.<\/p>\n

AG: <\/strong>Thank you.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RP: <\/strong>\u00a0And you look cool doing it, whereas I think I can do stuff like that but when I do it, I just don\u2019t look cool.\u00a0<\/p>\n

IF:<\/strong> Yeah, it\u2019s a wedgie for mom, it doesn\u2019t go well for us. It\u2019s just bingo wings and wedgies [laughs<\/em>]. No one wants that.<\/p>\n

AG:\u00a0 <\/strong>Thank you. I appreciate it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dominic Sessa as Bosco, Justice Smith as Charlie, and Ariana Greenblatt as June in Now You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Isla and Rosamund, listening to you talk and hype up Ariana, I want to know if there\u2019s something you wish you knew at Ariana\u2019s age that you would go back and tell your younger selves?<\/strong><\/p>\n

RP: <\/strong>Everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AG: <\/strong>Everything. But she already knows it. And I knew that about her before I even met her, because I have daughters. And they would give me Ariana quotes and I\u2019d say, \u201cWho said that?\u201d And they\u2019re like \u201cMommy, the actress from Barbie. She\u2019s so forward thinking, she\u2019s so progressive, she\u2019s such a feminist.\u201d And I was like, \u201cWho is this magical unicorn that exists?\u201d Back in our day, we used to talk about which boys liked us, and it was just so brilliant to meet her and have the wealth of her very unique perspective. She\u2019s such an original thinker. She lives her life authentically. I\u2019m sorry, this has turned into a talk show about you [laughs].\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

RP:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t have any of that sort of smarts or eloquence or ideas that were beyond my knowledge. I feel like Arianna is such a much more global citizen than I was at that age. Here we are in New York and I remember the first time I came to New York. I just didn\u2019t know what to do with the city or how to be in this city. You\u2019re so well traveled. And I just remember looking at a bowl of berries, which didn\u2019t even exist in London, and thinking, \u201cAmerica!\u201d<\/p>\n

Ariana, what does it mean to you to hear these two talk about you like that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

AG:<\/strong> It\u2019s amazing. It\u2019s so validating, especially from women like these two, and they\u2019re so talented and they\u2019re so intelligent, and I just love being in their presence and being able to work with them. I kind of just soaked up everything and more. It\u2019s incredible. I feel like I never know what I\u2019m saying or doing at all. So from an outsider\u2019s perspective, knowing that I could be on the right path or that I\u2019m doing something correct is really, really nice. I tend to be an overthinker, so it\u2019s nice to be validated by people I would dream to be validated by.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now You See Me <\/em><\/strong>is all about illusion, nothing is as it seems. You could say the same about Hollywood. Was there something in this industry that maybe isn\u2019t as it appears from the outside looking in that surprised you to find out once you were in it?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

RP:<\/strong> Yeah, men take way longer in makeup than women!\u00a0<\/p>\n

IF:<\/strong> And then they act like they\u2019re really alpha, but they\u2019ve got mascara on. It\u2019s like, honey, I would listen to your opinion, but you have a foundation line that ends at your chin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AG<\/strong>: [laughs] <\/em>Absolutely! They need their snacks and their massages. And it\u2019s like we\u2019re wearing a corset. For me, obviously, [you\u2019re shooting] for months, so there\u2019s the time of the month when you\u2019re a woman and you have heels on and a corset and you just have to live life like that\u2019s normal. And I just remember being like Ow, it hurts.<\/em> And no one understood, except my fellow girls.\u00a0<\/p>\n

IF:<\/strong> We get it. We get it! I feel like the biggest surprise for me was the red carpet piece being so corporate. I always thought it was a moment to express yourself and just wear something that you like, but it\u2019s a lot. It\u2019s a business. It\u2019s more of a business than maybe it appears from the outside.<\/p>\n

AG: <\/strong>For me, what was shocking was how many like stories that I\u2019ve heard about how people mistreat other people, like they think that they are better than everyone else that\u2019s making them who they are. I\u2019ve been getting my hair and makeup done and I hear stories. It\u2019s not in my nature to even think that that\u2019s acceptable or okay. But the people that seem super gracious, unfortunately they mistreat people.<\/p>\n

IF: <\/strong>Are you looking at me? [laughs<\/em>] Where\u2019s my coffee!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Woody Harrelson as Merrit McKinney, Jesse Eisenberg as Daniel Atlas, Dominic Sessa as Bosco, Dave Franco as Jack Wilder, Justice Smith as Charlie, Isla Fisher as Henley Reeves, and Ariana Greenblatt as June in Now You See Me, Now You Don\u2019t. Photo Credit: Katalin Vermes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OK, we\u2019re going to end on some rapid fire questions. Who\u2019s most likely to pull off a heist?<\/strong><\/p>\n

IF:<\/strong> Rosamund, obviously!<\/p>\n

RP:<\/strong> Ariana.<\/p>\n

AG:<\/strong> [laughs]<\/em> The duo!\u00a0<\/p>\n

RP:<\/strong> I\u2019ll tell you how to do it and she\u2019ll execute.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Which one of you is driving the getaway car?<\/strong><\/p>\n

RP: <\/strong>Isla\u2019s driving the getaway car.<\/p>\n

AG: <\/strong>Isla, you\u2019ve got the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n

IF:<\/strong> Correct. <\/strong>I\u2019m very good with a minivan. I know, it\u2019s sexy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you could have any magic ability, which one would you pick?<\/strong><\/p>\n

IF: <\/strong>Getting my kids to eat vegetables!\u00a0<\/p>\n

RP:<\/strong> Oh god, invisibility.<\/p>\n

AG: <\/strong>Yes!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Which pop star would make the best magician?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

IF: <\/strong>Dua Lipa because she sings that song \u201cLevitating.\u201d<\/p>\n

RP:<\/strong> Eminem.<\/p>\n

AG: <\/strong>I was gonna say Charlie XCX. Or Billie [Eilish], because she\u2019s a siren so she\u2019ll lure your brain like Merritt [McKinney, played by Woody Harrelson]. She\u2019ll do some mentalism.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RP: <\/strong>That\u2019s four horsemen right there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a good lineup. The Louvre heist was pulled off in seven minutes. What could you pull off in seven\u00a0 minutes?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

RP: <\/strong>I couldn\u2019t even get out of bed in seven minutes.<\/p>\n

IF:<\/strong> You know what\u2019s weird about this? I do a seven- minute workout. There\u2019s this thing that you can Google, and it\u2019s called a seven-minute workout.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RP:<\/strong> I told you you have the legs of a teenager.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AG:<\/strong> Nothing\u2019s getting done in seven minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Which star sign would make the best horsemen illusionist?<\/strong><\/p>\n

IF: <\/strong>Scorpio! Cunning, manipulative.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AG: <\/strong>Gemini, because don\u2019t you have to be like two different people?<\/p>\n

RP: <\/strong>Yeah, Gemini.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What\u2019s something that you would rant about for 29 seconds? What\u2019s the thing you want to go off on?<\/strong><\/p>\n

RP: <\/strong>Okay, I\u2019m ranting about those little foil things that you get at the end of a tube of toothpaste when you really need to brush your teeth and you need to be really fast, and then you get the cap off, and there\u2019s one of those funny foil things, and you\u2019ve got to get your nail under it. Those things really piss me off.\u00a0<\/p>\n

IF: <\/strong>I\u2019m going to go with parent chat groups. I\u2019m on one right now that\u2019s done my head in. If somebody just writes, \u201cThanks,\u201d your phone just vibrates for hours and hours. You don\u2019t need to thank anyone. Just stop texting. And then when you ask something real, like, \u201cWhat day is book week?\u201d<\/em> and \u201cIs it like pajama day?\u201d<\/em> it\u2019s silence, crickets. You can\u2019t get anyone on there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RP:<\/strong> And we should never say thanks to an AI either. It\u2019s apparently using up loads and loads of energy just to say thanks to people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AG: <\/strong>Or using it in general.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RP:<\/strong> Being polite costs masses and masses of wattage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

IF:<\/strong> I thought if you weren\u2019t polite, then when [AI] comes to take over us, they\u2019ll just pick all the rude ones first.<\/p>\n

RP:<\/strong> [laughs]<\/em><\/p>\n

AG: <\/strong>I want to rant about mean people on the internet and in real life. You\u2019re not better than anybody. Seriously, like, learn some manners. I can\u2019t stand it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RP:<\/strong> This is what we\u2019re talking about. I\u2019m talking about the silver foil at the end of a toothpaste and she\u2019s talking about something global and relevant. I\u2019m utterly selfish.\u00a0<\/p>\n

IF: <\/strong>You\u2019ve just highlighted the generational difference [laughs].<\/em><\/p>\n

AG: <\/strong>There\u2019s so much hatred. It\u2019s so useless, it\u2019s so annoying. It\u2019s so much easier to just be chill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

IF: <\/strong>Take the silver thing off the toothpaste!\u00a0<\/p>\n

AG:<\/strong> And don\u2019t say thank you to AI! And AI actresses don\u2019t exist!\u00a0<\/p>\n

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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