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  • -We are joined right now by a very talented man.

  • He is a psychological illusionist.

  • His new show "Derren Brown: Secret" is currently playing

  • on Broadway at the Court Theater.

  • Please welcome Derren Brown!

  • ♪♪

  • [ Cheers and applause ] -No, no, don't --

  • -No, I would know -- I'm not touching you.

  • I don't want to touch your hand. I don't want to do anything.

  • 'Cause I know the way this works. Don't touch him.

  • -I think you have to. -No, 'cause he --

  • he slaps me on the back, next thing you know

  • I've got a card sticking to my back.

  • -This is true. -And I've seen this happen.

  • I don't have it, right? -No. Not yet. No, no.

  • -I don't have anything. I'm not messing with you, man.

  • I've never -- I didn't even meet you before the show.

  • -No. We haven't spoken. We haven't set anything up.

  • That's important. Thank you for having me on.

  • -I'm so happy you're here. -Oh, this is amazing. Thank you.

  • The show secret -- I read minds and influence people.

  • This is what I do.

  • I don't believe in any kind of psychic ability.

  • So I thought I would explain to you how I do it.

  • Alright. Using these, I have here a bunch of guests.

  • These are guests from your show. Great guests over the years.

  • And some of my favorite moments.

  • I want you each to take one out.

  • Take out one of these pictures and keep hold of it.

  • Remember who it is, but don't let each other

  • see who you've picked. Alright?

  • -Okay. -But remember who you've got.

  • Remember what they look like in the picture,

  • as well as their name, obviously.

  • -Yep. -But don't let each other see.

  • Alright, make sense? -Yeah.

  • Can we show it to the audience? Or just hold it to ourselves?

  • -Just keep them to yourself for moment.

  • I'll look away while you take one each. Take one each.

  • We're going to play a version of "Guess Who?"

  • -You do -- you go first. -Remember "Guess Who?"

  • You have this game here, right? -Yeah.

  • [ Cheers and applause ] -Good, good.

  • So flip and find face game.

  • Normally you think of one of 24 androgynous cartoon faces.

  • Someone has to guess which one your thinking of

  • by asking yes or no questions. Right? So have you done it?

  • Have you taken one each? -Yes.

  • -Okay, thank you. You didn't go for the one

  • that I showed you at the beginning?

  • -No. -because that would be too easy.

  • Alright, okay. -No, I wouldn't --

  • -So remember the face, remember who it is. Yeah, you got one?

  • -Yes. -Okay, doesn't matter as much.

  • Okay, lovely, put it back in for me somewhere.

  • -Yeah. -Remember who it is.

  • Remember the face. -Yes.

  • -And remember the name. -Yes.

  • -I want you to do the same for me. In there somewhere.

  • Any way you like. Good, good. So tell me --

  • -These are all a-listers. Big famous people.

  • -Yeah, yeah, I'll show you. Come around here for me.

  • There's a -- can I put you here, Quest, and you there, Jimmy.

  • -Yeah, thank you. -So look.

  • These are great guests from the show. We've got Brad Pitt.

  • -Yes. -We have

  • Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. -Yes.

  • -There's Tom, there's Will. Harrison Ford with his glasses.

  • These are all, hopefully, guests that you'll have

  • a strong emotional memory of from the shows, right?

  • -Yes, remember all these. -I hope so.

  • [ Laughter ] I hope so. Otherwise I'm stuck.

  • Alright, good. Okay, good. So let's start with you, Quest.

  • Put your hand on my shoulder there.

  • [ Laughter ] -There you go. Yep.

  • -And think of the person, whoever it is.

  • Could you take that hand out of your pocket?

  • Make sure you're facing the front. Just --

  • I'll ask you a series of questions

  • about the person you're thinking of.

  • Answers are just in your head. Just still --

  • relax your elbow a little. And just think yes or no.

  • [ Laughter ] But say nothing out loud.

  • Alright? So it's just thinking in your head,

  • yes or no, say nothing out loud. Alright.

  • And do you remember which person you're thinking of?

  • Which one it was? Don't nod your head either.

  • That will also give it away.

  • Just keep an absolute poker face.

  • [ Laughter ] I think that we'll have a game

  • of poker later on you'll be good. Alright.

  • I shall let go for a second. Can you see me alright

  • without your glasses on? -Sure.

  • -Could you take them off for a second?

  • Perhaps ask yourself why you're wearing them? Thank you.

  • I'm just going to put those there for a minute.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • Waste of time and money, I think. Alright.

  • [ Laughter ] Alright, just --

  • just loosen your elbow up.

  • And roll up to the shoulder. That's great, thanks.

  • Very nice to meet you, by the way.

  • I didn't say hello properly. Nice to meet you.

  • Look at me now and sleep. I've got you.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • Just drift down into that state, my boy.

  • Just there on the center of your head floating around you.

  • That's good. All I want to do

  • is just make you a little easier to read.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • I'm just going to open up your natural signals a little.

  • And the way to do it is just to imagine a rippling

  • that starts right in the very center of you.

  • And, Quest, that rippling expands out from your core,

  • out of the center, amplifying all of your

  • natural signals making you a little easier to read.

  • That's perfect.

  • You are doing this perfectly as it reaches your skin.

  • [ Laughter ] It continues out

  • through your skin into the air around you.

  • Just amplifying and extending these signals

  • making you easier to read. Now take a moment.

  • And then take all the time that you need

  • to slowly come back to us. Don't fall over.

  • You can stand up straight. And slowly wake up. Take a second.

  • It's quite nice, isn't it? -Sure.

  • -Yeah. [ Light laughter ]

  • Glasses back on. We'll try that again.

  • Put your hand on my shoulder.

  • That's better. That's much better. Thank you. Alright.

  • Okay. Take half a step in. First question.

  • Remember, just think the answers, nothing out loud.

  • The person you were thinking of, is it a man? Were you -- yes.

  • So that's another yes, all right. So that's a yes.

  • So I can turn over the women, right?

  • So we know it's not a woman.

  • Is it somebody with fair hair? Somebody with fair-colored hair?

  • Alright. What about do they look --

  • do they look vegan, if you were just guessing?

  • Off the top of your head? Oh, no, Justin, Justin Timberlake?

  • -Oh, no, yeah. -Yes.

  • -It was, yeah. -It was.

  • Amazing, great, fantastic. [Cheers and applause ]

  • ♪♪

  • You terrified me for moment. I think you forgot.

  • Okay, come here for me. -Yeah.

  • -Come here. [ Laughter ]

  • We'll do it a little bit differently. This time --

  • -Yeah. -I want you to also remember

  • what side of the table? No, we're doing it differently.

  • -No, we're doing it differently, yeah.

  • -Alright, so have a look. But also remember,

  • what side of the table they're on as well, okay?

  • -Okay, sure, yeah. -Alright, so I'm not looking.

  • -Yeah. -So the first question I'll ask

  • you is what side they're on. -Yeah.

  • -And then come and stand here for me.

  • -Okay, good. Do I tell you -- Alright.

  • -No, no, don't say anything for the moment. Just face me.

  • Have a little bounce, loosen up. [ Laughter ]

  • Get rid of any unwanted nervous energy. Great, okay.

  • If that's at all possible. And close your eyes.

  • And just think of the person. -Okay.

  • -Just think of the person. -Yeah, yeah.

  • -Alright, Quest, I'm going to be asking you to turn them over

  • as we go along here, alright? -Okay.

  • -Okay. [ Laughter ]

  • First person, first question. Was the face --

  • and the answers are just in your head, nothing out loud.

  • You've just got to think the answer.

  • Alright, you think the answer, nothing out loud.

  • [ Laughter ] Try not to give anything away.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • Oh, God. Alright.

  • Was the face on the right hand side of the table?

  • Was it on the right hand side of the table?

  • Okay, just going to give that a second to set in.

  • Now, Quest, you can see his breathing has shifted up here,

  • right? There's tension around the jaw.

  • Any sign of tension is going to be a yes answer.

  • Alright, 'cause when it's a no, we kind of --

  • we think we're off the hook, so we tend to relax.

  • So that tells me yes, it's somebody on

  • the right hand side of the table.

  • And the smirk is confirming it for me.

  • [ Laughter ] So could you turn over

  • all the ones on the left?

  • Turn over all the ones on the left for me.

  • Alright. Next question.

  • Imagine this person just as they are

  • in the picture walks up to you, says hello, you say hello.

  • They take off their glasses. And you -- thank you.

  • Turn over Harrison Ford.

  • I think he's the only one on that side wearing glasses.

  • Turn over Harrison Ford for me. [ Laughter ]

  • Next question.

  • When they were on the show, did you just lose it?

  • Did you laugh so much that you -- I can't even --

  • just had to stop the show?

  • Did you laugh so much you had to stop the show?

  • Okay. Bradley Cooper you can turn over

  • and Kristen Wiig as well.

  • Which leaves three, I think.

  • I'll get it in one more. Final question.

  • Be honest. Be honest.

  • You have a massive, massive crush on this person.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • [ Light applause ]

  • [ Laughter ] Oh, God.

  • It's one of two and I don't know. I'll ask you again.

  • Do you have a massive crush on them?

  • Just think your answer. Turn over Nicole Kidman.

  • -Whoa. [ Laughter ]

  • -And Justin Timberlake. [ Laughter ]

  • Come on, don't open your eyes. Pick up the last one.

  • Hold it against your chest. Don't let anybody see for now.

  • Okay. Open your eyes for me, Jimmy.

  • -Yeah. -Open your eyes.

  • Keep that hidden. Can I -- pen and paper? Thank you.

  • Can you write down the name of the person?

  • Great big clear letters. -Yes.

  • Are you listening to the squeaks?

  • -No, no, I'm done, I'm done. I'm committed. I'm really --

  • -I'm going to add extra squeaks just so you can hear it.

  • [ Laughter ] -Oh, yeah, no, good, good.

  • Write your squeaks. -Squeaks.

  • -I genuinely -- this person -- I have no idea

  • if I got this right or not now.

  • But I'm hoping it's the last person.

  • -There you go. -Excellent squeaking.

  • -Thank you. -Alright, one person left.

  • Turn it round. Show it to everybody. And see who it was.

  • Turn it around. Yep. Barack Obama.

  • Who are you -- turning around. [ Cheers and applause ]

  • ♪♪

  • -I'll hug you now. I'll hug you now.

  • -Wow. -Derren Brown, everybody!

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

  • For tickets to his show, check out derrenbrownsecret.com.

-We are joined right now by a very talented man.

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