Shrek and Austin Powers star Mike Myers has explained the real cost and reason why the lead character's accent became Scottish instead of Canadian on the 20th anniversary of the hit cartoon.
16.05.2022 - 01:23 / etcanada.com
One of Mike Myers’ most famous characters was influenced by his mom.
Appearing on the “Today” show’s “Sunday Sitdown” with Willie Geist, the actor shared the advice that he got from his mom, which helped inspire Dr. Evil from the “Austin Powers” series.
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“My mom gave me some great advice,” he recalled. “She had said, ‘Don’t forget that the villain is the hero of his own story.’ That was a big influence on Dr. Evil. And she said, ‘The world loves happy survivors.’ And she said, you know, Barney Rubble, Bugs Bunny, Tony Curtis, Bruce Willis in ‘Die Hard’, happy survivors.”
He added, “My mom also said, ‘The essence of a hero is plasticity. The ability to change. The essence of a villain is being steadfast,’ which I thought was a great piece of advice.”
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In his new Netflix series “The Pentaverate”, Myers plays a Canadian reporter who uncovers a secret society controlling the fate of the world.
“You know, when you grow up in Canada,” the actor told Geist, “and you look south, at how industrious Americans are, and how powerful, you just get a sense that your life in Canada is being run by some secret society.”
Shrek and Austin Powers star Mike Myers has explained the real cost and reason why the lead character's accent became Scottish instead of Canadian on the 20th anniversary of the hit cartoon.
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Zack Sharf Mike Myers wants more Shrek in his life. During a career-spanning video interview with GQ magazine, the iconic comedian said he’d be “thrilled” if he was able to do one “Shrek” movie a year. Variety reported in 2018 that Universal was tasking Illumination founder Chris Meledandri with overseeing a “Shrek” revival, but a new installment has yet to be officially announced.“The Euro-centric form that is the fairytale is really about classicism,” Myers said.
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The Guardian found the series “sweet, silly [and] charmingly harmless,” many echoed The Daily Beast, who labeled it “embarrassingly bad.” The series costars Ken Jeong, Keegan-Michael Key, Debi Mazer and Jennifer Saunders. Meanwhile the series finale of “Ozark” kept the No. 1 spot globally with 102.1 million minutes viewed, up from last week’s 78.4 million.
Selome Hailu “The Pentaverate,” Netflix’s limited series starring Mike Myers as eight different characters in a story about five “nice” guys who run the entire world, didn’t make a dent in the streamer’s newly released Top 10 rankings.It’s a significant flop for Myers, who was a box office darling in the ‘90s and early 2000s for his starring in projects including the “Shrek,” “Austin Powers” and “Wayne’s World” films. But as Variety’s review noted, Myer’s heyday is behind him, and “The Pentaverate” points to “a feature, not a bug” in Netflix’s content strategy of “writ[ing] giant checks to anyone who might bring in more viewers.”The May 2-8 viewing window marked the first full week of availability for Season 4 of “Ozark,” which remained in the No.
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Naomi Judd died. Not enough time has passed to process such tragedy, but Wynona Judd and her sister, Ashley Judd, mustered up the strength to honor their late mom on their first Mother's Day without her.Ashley penned an emotional op-ed for USA TODAY in which she paid tribute to her mother while also championing women's rights and shining the spotlight on the value of motherhood.
Hollywood Reporter.The “Silver Linings Playbook” director, 63, noted how several of Myers’ movies have splurged out memorable music, including Madonna’s “Beautiful Stranger.”The chat then shifted to Beyoncé, who made her film debut as Foxxy Cleopatra in the Jay Roach flick.The Canadian-born funnyman stated that everyone on set “fell in love with her.” Myers also joked that costar Michael Caine had trouble pronouncing the Grammy winner’s name and left off the “é.”“Nobody wanted to correct him,” Myers said, adding that he also introduced the “Dreamgirls” star to Led Zeppelin.“’I don’t know this Led Zeppelin,’” Myers remembered Beyoncé saying at the time. However, just a few days later during shooting “Austin Powers in Goldmember,” Myers found her jamming out to the band on her headphones.
Dave Myers, best known for being one-half of the Hairy Bikers, has revealed he has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. The 64-year-old found fame as part of the cooking duo alongside friend and fellow chef Si King.
Mike Myers has something to share for his movie fans. Durign a recent interview on SiriusXM radio, Myers teased fans on a potential fourth movie of the "Austin Powers" series being in the works. "I can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of such a project, should it exist or not exist," Myers said on "The Jess Cagle Podcast w/ Julia Cunningham." Mike Myers has left the door open to the possibility of a fourth movie in the "Austin Powers" franchise. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) The comedian added he "would love" to work on a follow-up to "Austin Powers in Goldmember," which was released in 2002.
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Sirius XM‘s Jess Cagle (per EW).“I can neither confirm nor deny the existence or non-existence of such a project, should it exist or not exist,” Myers said.Co-host Julia Cunningham then probed Myers for an answer, saying: “It feels like ‘yes,’ I’m sorry. It feels like you want to say yes.”“It feels like a confirmation that it’s gonna be announced,” Cagle added, to which Myers said it was “a non-confirmed confirmation confirmation.”Take a look at the full interview below: Myers first played Austin Powers in 1997’s Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, followed by The Spy Who Shagged Me in 1999 and Austin Powers in Goldmember in 2002.All films in the series were produced and written by Myers, who also plays Dr.
Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticWatching “The Pentaverate” with the purpose of reviewing it gave me enormous sympathy for Wile E. Coyote trying to trap the Roadrunner while knowing, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that it would end in him getting flattened.
Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticMike Myers has a new show, “The Pentaverate,” premiering at midnight on Netflix, but reviews are nowhere to be found. At the as-self-serving-as-it-sounds Netflix Is a Joke comedy festival — 40 minutes of not-even-remotely-funny promos for Netflix comedy shows, followed by a mutual-adoration session between Myers and director David O.