The Cleopatra Eggs in ‘Red Notice’ Are Total Historical Fabrication

Everybody wanted Red Notice. The Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson film, produced and developed by Johnson’s own production company, was itself something like the third Cleopatra egg it depicts—a multi-million-dollar treasure sought by multiple parties, including Universal, Warner Bros., and Sony. Ultimately, it went to Netflix.

Alongside its stars, the film carried the attractive premise of art thievery and international heist drama: three masterminds attempt to steal all three eggs once owned by the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Everyone wants the eggs, and everyone wanted the film where everyone wants the eggs.

But what of the eggs? The film tells of three bejeweled eggs, which Roman general Mark Antony gave to Cleopatra on their wedding day. The opening of Red Notice shows historical paintings and newsreels featuring the wedding exchange and the unearthing of two eggs during an archeological dig sometime in the mid twentieth century. The mystery: the third egg, rumored to have once existed, has never been found.

Sounds legit. Is it legit?

Are Cleopatra’s eggs real?

Much like Interpol having their own gun-wielding agents to collect them, Cleopatra’s eggs are utter fiction.