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12-11-2024, 05:41 AM
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/mike-meyers-denies-dr-evil-based-on-lorne-michaels-1236235101/
The inspiration for Dr. Evil was always Blofeld actor Donald Pleasance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ay2sO6tWbE) from the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice and not Myers' former Saturday Night Live boss, the actor told Vulture (https://www.vulture.com/article/mike-myers-interview-comedy-legacy-waynes-world-austin-powers-shrek.html). “The Lorne of it is just a little tiny overlay,” Myers explained. “I’m Canadian. He’s Canadian. He had an educated Canadian accent, and I have a Scarborough accent. One time he goes, ‘Mike, do you want to come up to the Hamptons?’ I was like, ‘Am I fired?’ I went, and it was like, ‘That’s Mick’s room, or do you want Keith’s room?’ And I was like, ‘Either’s fine. Couch works! The car works!'”
The inspiration for Dr. Evil was always Blofeld actor Donald Pleasance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ay2sO6tWbE) from the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice and not Myers' former Saturday Night Live boss, the actor told Vulture (https://www.vulture.com/article/mike-myers-interview-comedy-legacy-waynes-world-austin-powers-shrek.html). “The Lorne of it is just a little tiny overlay,” Myers explained. “I’m Canadian. He’s Canadian. He had an educated Canadian accent, and I have a Scarborough accent. One time he goes, ‘Mike, do you want to come up to the Hamptons?’ I was like, ‘Am I fired?’ I went, and it was like, ‘That’s Mick’s room, or do you want Keith’s room?’ And I was like, ‘Either’s fine. Couch works! The car works!'”