The Circle Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

15 of the most interesting The Circle easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of The Circle movie message.

The Circle poster
The Circle poster
The Circle Plot

A woman lands a dream job at a powerful tech company called the Circle, only to uncover an agenda that will affect the lives of all of humanity.

Genre Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director James Ponsoldt
Production EuropaCorp / STXfilms
Stars Emma Watson, Ellar Coltrane, Glenne Headly, Bill Paxton
IMDB score 5.3

The Circle movie hidden details

1 - After Charlie rips his robot right arm off, Eggsy also puts his right arm behind his back to make it a fair fight. In the first film, Eggsy puts his signet ring on his right hand showing his dominant arm is his right, but he fights with his left like Charlie.

After Charlie rips his robot right arm off, Eggsy also puts his right arm behind his back to make it a fair fight. In the first film, Eggsy puts his signet ring on his right hand showing his dominant arm is his right, but he fights with his left like Charlie.

1 - A special credit is given to Samuel L. Jackson.

A special credit is given to Samuel L. Jackson.

Wu Ting Feng's inbox contains a folder called "Favorit Son" which contains 0 emails and a folder called "Black Sheep" that 5,483 emails

1 - You can see a newspaper in the back with the headline 'Elton Gone', foreshadowing Elton Johns kidnapping in the film

You can see a newspaper in the back with the headline 'Elton Gone', foreshadowing Elton Johns kidnapping in the film

1 - "Beauty Bot" can be spotted getting out of its salon two scenes prior to its intervention in the fight scene.

"Beauty Bot" can be spotted getting out of its salon two scenes prior to its intervention in the fight scene.

Jeff Bridges character says "Do you have any promising, uh, leads?", which is also a line he uses in The Big Lebowski.

Composer Henry Jackman re-uses his electric guitar riff from X-Men: First Class

The first music that is heard is a bagpiped version of Country Road, which would later be an important song for the finale.

When eggsy is being chased by you know who, the marquee signs align perfectly with their personas

Poppy's two mechanical dogs are named Bennie and Jet, after Elton John's popular song.

Underlying SciFi theme in The Circle (2017)

During the scenes that the robotic dogs are charging towards Elton John you can see their names are "Jet" and "Bennie", named after his hit "Bennie and the Jets". The song is about a futuristic rock band made of automatons, which the robot dogs are named after.

1 - The reserve whiskey in the Statesman vault is from 1963. This year was also the year in US history when President Kennedy was assassinated and the year of Martin Luther Kings famous 'I have a dream' speech.

The reserve whiskey in the Statesman vault is from 1963. This year was also the year in US history when President Kennedy was assassinated and the year of Martin Luther Kings famous 'I have a dream' speech.

The villain's robot hounds are named Bennie and Jet. This is a reference to "Bennie and the Jets" by Elton John, who is also kidnapped by the villain.

1 - An ostensible Italian mountain is placed in/near the Italian region of Tuscany (top-left screen), which does not contain any snowy mountains. Further, the mountain is given the name Mont Blanc (top-middle screen), which is a mountain in the french alps.

An ostensible Italian mountain is placed in/near the Italian region of Tuscany (top-left screen), which does not contain any snowy mountains. Further, the mountain is given the name Mont Blanc (top-middle screen), which is a mountain in the french alps.