Baker reveals this fun detailin an interview with TV Guide.

“All those times we heard the voice of Red John?

That was me.”

Simon Baker from The Mentalist holding an egg in front of Red John’s smiley faces in

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I said, ‘Don’t cast anyone!

I’ll do it.’

Bruno was, like, ‘I love it!

Simon Baker as Patrick Jane sitting under Red John’s smiley face in The Mentalist.

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I love it!'"

The Easter Egg was useful as it prevented them from casting the character too early.

“I’d have to lose 60 IQ points to be classified as ‘smart.'”

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These parallels add another layer of psychological torture to Jane’s already fractured psyche.

In Jane’s mind, anything was worth it to get a step closer to Red John.

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The Mentalist

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