Benedict Cumberbatch Shows Jimmy a Magic Trick

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Feb 2, 2026 #benedictcumberbatch #jimmyfallon
Jimmy puts Benedict Cumberbatch on the spot to show him a crazy trick with a water bottle and an empty cup.
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Benedict, I saw you do a magic trick on, uh, somewhere online and, and I didn't even know that you're a magician, but I would...
Neither did I, Jimmy.
Yeah. You really, but I was wondering if you maybe could do the trick...
Oh, God.
...for us tonight. It involves...
Oh, God. Right.
It involves water.
Ooh, okay. Well, last time I did this, I had a magician off-camera teaching me how to do it.
So, I'll, uh, I'll give it a go.
What's best to do? Should I come around there or...
Yeah, sure. Yeah, sure.
Uh...
I'll be your assistant?
Can't promise that this will work.
Oh, yeah. Can I have a bit of music, please?
Yeah.
Do you want me to be on this side or that side? Does it matter?
Uh, okay, okay.
What side is it?
I don't think it matters as long as I've got...
All right, good.
...a surface. I don't want to be too near electronics in case it goes wrong.
Yeah, good. Okay.
Ladies and gentlemen, here we have a bottle of water.
Okay.
Bottle of water.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
America, yeah. America, yeah.
It's translating.
Water in England, yeah, but maybe it could have been imported.
Could be.
Could be water, but now it's water.
So, I just broke...
I just broke the seal, but that doesn't matter.
So, there's a bubble. It's a bottle of water.
It's a bottle of water. Water.
I'm opening the bottle of water.
Could be imported. Might be. We don't know.
It's an unbranded bottle.
Unbranded bottle, yeah.
Not part of the magic. Not part of the magic at all.
Okay, so...
The trick is better than this, you guys. Trust me.
This is not the trick.
It's a bottle of water.
It's him holding water. That's the whole trick now.
Okay, so, if I get this right,
if I think really hard,
I should be able to...
I'm shaking because I'm so nervous.
I should be able to take my hand away
and no water will come out.
Ooh. Ooh.
It might not work. It might not work.
It might not work. Ah!
There we go. Okay.
I'm just going to keep this cup in case it does come out.
If I concentrate...
I think I've got it.
If I concentrate really hard,
the water should then come out.
There you go.
So, that's...
That's a normal bottle of water.
It's a normal bottle.
And it's not...
It's, you know...
That's what I'm talking about right there.
No water. Yeah, yeah.
Benedict Cumberbatch, everybody.
The Current War opens November 24th.
When we come back,
Benedict and I are playing a fun game.
Stick around.
How did you just win?
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