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    If Gal Gadot Was a Real Art Thief, Here’s What She’d Steal

    “It’s iconic.”

    By Anne Cohen
    Nov. 23, 2021

Spoilers ahead for the ending of Red Notice.

Red Notice ends with The Bishop (Gal Gadot), John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) and Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) standing outside one of the most famous museums in the world: The Louvre. In the movie’s final scene, Paris’ former royal palace-turned-repository for centuries of priceless art appears to be the trio’s target for an upcoming heist. And if you were hoping to see more, well, you’re not alone.

“I’ve got an idea or two, for what might happen as they walk towards the Louvre,” writer and director Rawson Marshall Thurber told us. “There’s one particular painting at the Louvre that’s pretty well known. I’d like to see how you steal that. But we’ll have to see what happens.”

Lucky for him, Gal Gadot already has a plan. Asked what prize she’d have her eye on if she were a real-life art thief: “I would go for the Mona Lisa.”

Why? “Because... might as well. Also, it’s not too big that you can’t carry it — it’s a pretty small painting, and it’s iconic.”

Ironically, a large part of the Mona Lisa’s allure is down to the fact that it was stolen. In August 1911, three Italian handymen — Vincenzo and Michele Lancelotti, and Vincenzo Peruggia — hid in a supply closet overnight and made off with Leonardo Da Vinci’s Renaissance portrait of an Italian noblewoman. It took over a day for anyone to notice, but once they did, all hell broke loose. The theft made international headlines, and suddenly, the painting, which up until then had been just another masterpiece, went early-20th century viral. According to NPR’s All Things Considered, people lined up to visit the bare spot on the wall where the painting had once hung, and celebrities like painter Pablo Picasso and French poet Guillaume Appollinaire were even brought in as potential suspects in the theft.

In 1913, the Mona Lisa was eventually returned after it resurfaced in Florence. Peruggia was sentenced to a paltry eight months in prison, and the world’s attention turned to the outbreak of World War I the following year. Still, precautions were taken. In 1962, the painting earned a place in the Guinness Book of Record as the highest-insured painting in the world, valued at $100 million during its move from Paris to an exhibition in New York City.

No offense, but after the $300 million price tag on Cleopatra’s three golden eggs in Red Notice, this one’s a piece of cake. And once that’s done, Ryan Reynolds has an idea for the next one: “I’d probably steal the statue of David,” he told us. “If you’re gonna do it… do it big.” 

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