‘I had no intention to learn magic, it kind of found me’: Magician Paul Cosentino reveals how an afternoon in a library got him into a life of tricks and illusions..
He’s one of the biggest magic acts to come out of Australia.
And now Paul Cosentino has revealed how an afternoon in the Lysterfield Library as a 12-year-old got him hooked on tricks and illusions saying: ‘I had no intention to learn magic, it kind of found me.’
Speaking to the Herald Sun, the 33-year-old said it was the encouragement from his mother Rosemary that made learning the tricks fun after she saw him reading a book in the school library. ‘I was a very shy, introverted little boy. I had a lot of learning difficulties growing up, reading, writing, spelling difficulties,’ he told the publication.’I found myself in the library and there was a magic book, my mother saw me reading the book and she is like ‘hallelujah’, so she takes it home, and starts reading to me about the history of these magicians.