8 Awesome Things You Can Accomplish While Drunk Or High (According To The Movies)

4. Impersonate A World Famous Magician €“The Prestige

In Chris Nolan's Victorian-set 'The Prestige', Robert Angier is a successful magician hell-bent on discovering the secrets of his rival's most successful routine €“ 'The Transported Man'. The only solution he can come up with is Alfred Borden's use of a body double €“ a man who the audience must believe is actually the same person. To try and mimic this, Angier goes about hiring Gerald Root, an out-of-work actor who bares a striking resemblance to the magician (both characters are played by Hugh Jackman). Angier however is wary, as Root is an alcoholic with a volatile and untrustworthy temperament. Irregardless, come show-night Root pulls it out of the bag and steps onto the stage to lap up the audiences' wonderment and admiration €“ what those in the business call 'the prestige'. It seems that all you have to be to pass as a very good magician is a very drunk actor. At the end of the day, its all about the smoke, mirrors and no small amount of moonshine.