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What do you think Borden wrote on the note Caldlow tore up? SPOILERS

posted 8 years ago by billreynolds
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In their meeting at the prison at the end, Freddy offers Angier a folded up note: "Here, that's what you're after. That's what this is about. Take it."

Angier: "Your secret?"

Freddy: "Yeah."

Angier then tears it up without looking at it: "You always were the better magician, we both know that. But whatever your secret was, you have to agree, mine is better."

An incredibly powerful moment, but it raises two questions:

(1) Wouldn't Angier still be curious to know the secret? and, more interestingly to me,

(2) What did Freddy write on the note? The truth, or another ruse like "Tesla"?

"The tastes and weaknesses of an artist but [] no actual creative inspiration." -- Fitzgerald

[–] mad_weather 8 years ago

1) Most likely, he *was* curious, but the desire to stomp on Borden's pride was stronger.
2) That's a matter of speculation. Personally, I think it was another ruse. "I have a twin brother, he's disguised as Fallon" is simple enough to tell without writing a note, and if Borden indeed was ready to sacrifice his secret, he'd just do so.

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Oh my god! They killed Angier!
YOU BASTARDS!!!

What do you think Borden wrote on the note Caldlow tore up? *SPOILERS*

What do you think Borden wrote on the note Caldlow tore up? SPOILERS