Toward the end of Red Notice, internationally wanted art thief and con artist Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) finds himself in a tight spot. A series of betrayals by rivals and friends have led to his arrest by Inspector Das (Ritu Arya) and a one-way ticket to a remote, abandoned prison. But when the guards open the armored truck meant to convey him there, it’s empty. All that’s left are open handcuffs.

“I remembered that I’m pretty good at escaping from things,” Booth later tells John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) and The Bishop (Gal Gadot). “So I did.”

Booth’s escape is one of many plot reversals in the third act of Red Notice; but the real twist here is that Reynolds didn’t even have to act. “I actually know how to pick a lock,” he tells us. “I learned for a film about 15 years ago. We used lock-picking tools, and it’s never left my mind.”

This, Reynolds stresses, is the one and only skill he’d be able to bring to a real-life heist. ”Other than that, I bring no discernibly useful skills to the table,” he admits. Still, he does have a fantasy object he’d love to steal, should a heist ever present itself: “Probably the statue of David, because if you’re gonna do it… do it big.”

In fact, Reynolds has actually had a run-in with Michelangelo’s famous statue before. As tech billionaire One in the Michael Bay thriller 6 Underground, he and his team of international vigilantes end up in a high-speed car chase through the streets and museums of Florence that leads them right past the masterpiece. Simple coincidence or a very long con? Has anyone checked lock security at the Uffizi Gallery lately?