![]() Chu is so out of synch with the first movie to suggest he never watched it. Taking over for Louis Leterrier, a decent action director, Jon M. Highlight an Asian star like Jay Chou (The Green Hornet) and the movie sells itself. The plot concerns a tech mogul (Daniel Radcliffe, feigning tough) needing a computer chip (yawn) stolen from what could be anywhere but the studio preferred China since it's a huge overseas market. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg) and Jack Wilder (Dave Franco) are joined by Lulu (Lizzy Caplan), "the girl Horseman" so convincing as a token female that any glimmer of intelligence contradicts the character. The remaining Horsemen are killing time with card tricks and hypnotism riffs. ![]() Their FBI mole/ringleader Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo) is throwing his chief (Sanaa Lathan) off the trail, and hoax buster Thaddeus Bradley (Morgan Freeman) is in jail. And I think I’ve definitely benefited from that wave, too.After a spectacular escape to end Part 1, the Four Horsemen (minus Isla Fisher) are hiding in plain sight, cult heroes for their Robin Hood heists. And she’s aware of a change in the movie industry: “I mean, look at Kat Dennings and Aubrey Plaza, and these girls are not the best friends anymore they get to be the girl. In addition to the gleefully debauched Bachelorette, Caplan has another bridal-themed movie, Save the Date, both due out later this year. ![]() She isn't neglecting the big screen either. LEADING LADY: After TV stints playing a lawyer on New Girl and a comedian-actress-caterer on Party Down, she has a new show, Masters of Sex, premiering in 2013. “I almost feel like it’s odd how fortunate I’ve been in terms of fun on set.” The humor between takes has always been part of the experience for her as well. **THE LAUGH PACK: **Caplan debuted on cult favorite Freaks and Geeks, the launchpad for a generation of impressive comedic talent, including Busy Philipps, Seth Rogen, James Franco, and Jason Segel. “It was interesting because that movie was as close to a college experience as I got.” However, she got a taste of collegiate camaraderie during the filming of Mean Girls. Repeatedly.ĮARLY START: The lifelong Angeleno, who got into acting as a teenager, was accepted at N.Y.U. Lula’s no femme fatale-she’s just a talented, smart girl who knows what she wants and is prepared to voice her desires. She intently flirts with Jack Wilder ( Dave Franco)-and really, who can blame her? But her advances are more idiosyncratic than sexual. “That was not in the script she just ad-libbed that.”Īnd unlike the previous movie, which set its female Horseman up as the object of desire for not one but two of her male counterparts, Lula is the main romantic aggressor in Now You See Me 2. “There’s a line in there about the motorcycle: ‘Did you ask any of the guys that question?’” Chu said. As the group prepares for a high-speed chase in another scene, Lula balks as one of her male counterparts asks if she knows how to ride a motorcycle. ![]() Lula herself points out the awkward “token woman” dilemma early on, introducing herself to the group as “the girl Horseman,” and she doesn’t stop there. ![]() She could “let the audience know that we’re in on the fun of our movie, and the ridiculousness of our movie.”īeyond her quirky presence and high energy, Lula also provides the bulk of the movie’s meta-commentary-one of its biggest value adds over the original. “ could act as an outsider coming in, and call out our movie,” Chu told Vanity Fair. (Caution: mild spoilers for Now You See Me 2 ahead.) From the start, director Jon Chu had a different sort of role in mind for Caplan-both on-screen and behind the scenes. It's not long before another girl gets added to the mix-but Caplan’s character Lula is anything but a stand-in for Henley. In Now You See Me, the one female member of the Four Horsemen-a team of underground magician-thieves-was Henley Reeves ( Isla Fisher). But soon enough, a new, delightfully refreshing ingredient gets thrown into the mix: Lizzy Caplan. There’s a monologue about the nature of magic Jesse Eisenberg is still Eisenberg-ing (with shorter hair this time) Morgan Freeman’s Thaddeus Bradley is still rotting in prison, where Mark Ruffalo’s Dylan Rhodes left him in Now You See Me. The first few minutes of Now You See Me 2 make it seem as though things haven’t changed much since the original movie. ![]()
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