Its real as in he is physically doing the tricks, Its fake as in they are tricks, he cannot communicate with the dead, cut someone in half or be smashed by a steam roller. I dont believe they're edited with photoshop or videoshop or whatever, I think he is a great magician. Who uses illusions to trick your mind. I dont think they pay actors to be on the show.
If i said i would give you 200$ to pretend that i was reading your mind for a camera, would you do it?
Until he does a live show infrount of thousands like darren brown, David Blaine and all the real illusionists do, its all fake to me.
Read classic books like 'Sleight of Mind' and 'Geist' to find out how Chris and other mentalists do this kind of stuff. Clever, but not real. SnB