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He said the King was also a member of the Magic Circle, a British society for magicians, adding: "I'd absolutely love the opportunity to create some magic with him."

That word came up many times during the show’s first audition rounds as dancers, singers, magicians, acrobats and a contortionist took the stage.

Depardieu is playing a magician on a mysterious island, according to media reports.

He seems to chase that magic, perhaps rooted in his days as a teenage magician working at Outback Steakhouse in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio.

When the Circle announced it was permitting women to join later that year, Ms Lloyd revealed her deception, prompting the society to expel her at the very same meeting it admitted its first female magicians.