Why did Alma Dray ask about Lionel Shrike?
In Now You See Me Alma Dray is reading about the most famous magicians in history. She mentions Lionel Shrike's tree in the card trick to Dylan Rhodes.
We later discover that
Lionel Shrike is Dylan Rhodes' father
Is it just a massive coincidence Alma told Dylan about this particular magician or does she know the connection?
Best Answer
The movie had plenty of plot holes. Apparently, she was just mentioning it because Shrike was supposed to be Houdini-like. Since the entire movie was fiction, Houdini probably didn't exist in their world.
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Answer 2
No, the reason why she is reading about him is because Dylan Rhodes first asks Thaddeus Bradley about Lionel Shrike. Thaddeus says that he revealed all Lionel's tricks in his (Thaddeus's) first show. So Lionel tried a new trick, escaping a safe from the bottom of the river.
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