But in Trance the burglar (played by James McAvoy) didn’t have to take a test, I thought. His hypnotherapist (played by Rosario) only had to say a few lines and the thief was immediately torpedoed back to the day that he’d stolen the painting, seeing the details as clearly as if it were really happening to him. As if reading my mind, Guzy explained that the movie simplified the hetero hypnotic process, and for good reason. “We can’t show hypnotic inductions on TV or in movies because people [watching the movie] will go into a hypnotic state.” She said it’s happened before.