In relation to rumors about Mike Myers’ “Austin Powers” franchise, the actor has one small piece of recommendation: “Oh, behave.”
Whereas talking with Vulture, Myers laid a specific rumor to relaxation in regards to the origins of the Dr. Evil character. The “Saturday Night Live” alum addressed whether or not the “Austin Powers” antagonist was based mostly on his former boss and “SNL” creator, Lorne Michaels.
“The Lorne of it is just a little tiny overlay,” Myers stated. “I’m Canadian. He’s Canadian. He had an educated Canadian accent, and I have a Scarborough accent.”
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In fact, the inspiration for Dr. Evil got here from James Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, first performed by actor Donald Pleasence in 1967’s “You Only Live Twice,” and was supposed to be a comic book twist on the character.
Myers was additionally requested about how the Austin Powers character emerged, telling Vulture, “I loved James Bond. And I thought that’s what I wanna do, a character like that. I studied James Bond movies inside and out, and I knew all the tropes.”
“And more than James Bond — which was at a little bit of a nadir; the series wasn’t so popular at that moment — I really wanted to do a parody of spy spoofs,” he continued. “I wanted it to have Coca-Cola reds and AT&T blues, Kodak yellows in this world, and then Dr. Evil’s world would be gray and black and sharp.”
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As for whether or not an “Austin Powers 4” is within the works, Myers remained mum on the beloved worldwide man of thriller.
“I can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of a project, should it exist or not exist,” he instructed Vulture.
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Whereas showing on the “Tonight Show” in 2022, Myers gave the same reply, including that if such a undertaking had been on the desk, he “would love to do it, of course. It’s fun.”
And not using a particular reply on whether or not Myers is bringing Austin Powers out of his frozen state, we’ll have to attend and see if he lives to shag one other day.
