Isla Fisher’s Water Tank Disaster on Now You See Me Set: Magic Trick or Near-Drowning Catastrophe?
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Isla Fisher’s close call with drowning during a chained-up water tank stunt in the original Now You See Me wasn’t just Hollywood theatrics — that panic was as real as it gets. Fast forward over a decade, and she’s plunging right back in for Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, facing the water again but this time, with a lot less terror and a whole lot more chill. It’s curious, isn’t it? Like a Scorpio’s fearless plunge into emotional depths, Fisher’s dive symbolizes transformation and resilience — tough as nails yet always ready to rise. While the original stunt had her literally gasping for air, this sequel’s shoot was safer, sprinkled with mystery and even a bit of playful sand-rising magic alongside Woody Harrelson. For anyone who’s wondered how close magic and mayhem get on set, Fisher’s story is a reminder: sometimes the best tricks happen off-camera — like surviving actual underwater entrapment or, hilariously, resisting WhatsApp in Abu Dhabi. If that doesn’t make you smile along with a shiver, what will? Dive into the latest on the Now You See Me saga, hitting theaters November 14, and let the magic unfold. LEARN MORE
Despite almost drowning during a stunt that involved her being chained up in a water tank more than a decade ago, Isla Fisher was submerged once again on the set of Now You See Me: Now You Don’t.
The actor sat down alongside Jesse Eisenberg and Dominic Sessa to promote the third instalment of the franchise – which is earmarked for release next Friday (November 14) – but she infamously had a stunt go wrong in the original production back in 2013.
In the first Now You See Me, Fisher plays illusionist Henley Reeves, who finds herself chained at the bottom of a glass tank surrounded by piranhas.
What audiences didn’t realize at the time was that the panic on Fisher’s face was very real – her chains had actually become tangled and the crew initially thought she was still acting.
It took two-and-a-half minutes before Fisher – who was born from Scottish parents in Muscat, Oman, before moving to Australia – managed to escape.
“By the time I realized I couldn’t get up and beckoned for him [a crew member who had an oxygen tank for her], I realized that I had run out of air,” she told Cosmopolitan in 2013. “Luckily, I managed to get free and stay level-headed and got out before it went even more horribly wrong.”
Now, speaking with UNILAD, the 49-year-old admitted that stepping back into the water this time around felt a lot less terrifying.
When asked whether she took part in any other risky stunts in the trilogy of the franchise, Fisher replied: “No, no – on this one I didn’t.”
But the Horsemen found themselves in a bit of a sticky situation once again, which she revealed: “No, we were in a water tank, however, all of us – and we had a great time! But it was very safe and the sand was just rising gently… alongside Woody [Harrelson]… mystery!”
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Isla Fisher began trapped in the tank for real (Lionsgate)
Fisher also joked that there was one daring exploit she bravely took on.
“I think the greatest stunt I pulled off was staying off WhatsApp in Abu Dhabi, which we were warned we were not allowed to use – and for someone like me who relies heavily on it [it was difficult]!” she added.
Her co-star Eisenberg added that director Ruben Fleischer leaned hard into the magic in the latest instalment of the franchise.
“A lot of the magic we did in this movie – not just the original Horsemen, but the younger tripod – was trying to do kind of all the magic on camera,” he explained.
“So for example, I have this little trick where I reveal a diamond and it took weeks to practice this one little trick – but that’s because Ruben really wanted the movie to feel more realistic.”
If you’re a fan of Ocean’s Eleven and Inside Man, then Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is unmissable – watch it in theaters next Friday (November 14).
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