What other challenges would be involved in pickpocketing a necklace that big? That was very well structured: getting her funneled into the bathroom and then blindly getting someone in and out of that access. I think they did a really good job of coming up with the timing of that, because all the constraints they had with security and finding the blind spot of the camera, those are very real concerns. And so that would be a time when you would do it. The stealing of the necklace was on point, in that it was a motivated action during a highly emotional time, where she’s getting sick inside the toilet. People usually believe that in order to pick a pocket you need to bump into someone and that’s mostly a myth.ĭid the stealing of the necklace seem plausible? With the pickpocketing elements there seemed to be a lot of bump ‘n’ pull, which isn’t really what happens in the real world. But most of the things I do are associated with pickpocketing, and in that sense I wasn’t as enthused. Both had similarities, so that was kind of a nice tipping of the hat. It was reminiscent of some famous diamond heists and jewelry cons that happened over the last couple decades, like the Antwerp diamond heist and Gerald Blanchard stealing the Sisi Star. I thought the overall structure of the con was fun. How would you grade the film’s heist elements? My goal isn’t to hurt them or to bewilder them with a puzzle but to challenge their maps of reality.” We called up Robbins to get his expert take on the jewel heist in Ocean’s 8, and to find out why we’re all so obsessed with scams and cons right now. As he told Green: “A lot of magic is designed to appeal to people visually, but what I’m trying to affect is their minds, their moods, their perceptions. As Adam Green wrote in a 2013 New Yorker profile, “When Robbins hits his stride, it starts to seem as if the only possible explanation is an ability to start and stop time.”įor Robbins, pickpocketing is a way to understand the mysteries of human attention and cognition. Some of his most famous steals include Jennifer Garner’s engagement ring, the cartridge from Penn Jillette’s pen, and everything in the pockets of Jimmy Carter’s Secret Service detail. His methods have been studied by psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and the military for what they can teach about how the brain works. Widely revered by his peers as the best pickpocket in the world, Robbins confines his gifts to the right side of the law, working as a sleight-of-hand artist, entertainer, speaker, security consultant, and all-around expert in the arts of deception. Entertainment Inc.Īpollo Robbins has made a career out of upending people’s perceptions.
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