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Steve Carell had his poker features on during filming of "Burt Wonderstone" in Las Vegas last week.
Movie extras say Carell, who plays "Wonderstone," an snotty magician, seldom broke character off camera.
"He was the most focused actor I've ever seen on a set," said Bob Somgynari, who has worked on 18 movies filmed in Las Vegas.
During the midweek leap outside Bally's, former star of the hit TV series "The Office" wore a red velvet garments and red boots. When he came out in character, he sported a flowing wig that gave the semblance he was channeling famed illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher of Siegfried & Roy.
"That's what I weigh he was going for," said Somgynari, a retired GM quality control follow from Lordstown, Ohio, and standup comedian.
Much of the scene had to do with Wonderstone and his husband, Steve Buscemi, having an argument in a Plexiglas cube that was suspended 70 feet in the air by a crane.
Buscemi, who plays Wonderstone's cohort, quits after an ankle-busting fall from the cube, with Wonderstone showing no communion.
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal