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Hollywood legend Sir Ian McKellen and promising young talent Preston Nyman were at the premier of their short film ‘The Egg Trick’ last week. The director, Stephen Kroto was also in attendance at The Magic Circle Headquarters.

Magicians James Freedman and Ben Hart were contacted by the production team to act as Magic Consultants and James, hosting the premier, talked about his experience on various films, revealing some behind-the-scenes secrets and explaining techniques that he has used to create magic for the big screen. James commented ‘It was wonderful working with Sir Ian and remarkable how quickly he learnt ‘The Egg Trick’’. Hardly surprising when you have ‘Wizard’ on your resume!

David Devant, the first president of The Magic Circle who originally performed ‘The Egg Trick’ in front of Queen Alexandra who was said to have laughed aloud to his magical ingenuity.

The performance involves a boy from the audience who is given the (losing) task of counting and holding the eggs produced from a regular looking hat but one expects it to be brimming with magical power. The soon to be baffled participant is then stunned as the eggs begin to churn out at an alarming rate until they fall to the floor and smash to pieces.