Mike Myers Denies Dr. Evil Is Based on ‘SNL’ Boss Lorne Michaels but There’s a ‘Little Tiny Overlay,’ Says ‘Wayne’s World’ Didn’t Need a Sequel
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Mike Myers recently told Vulture that rumors claiming Dr. Evil from the “Austin Powers” film franchise is based on “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels are simply not true.
Myers was a cast member on “SNL” from 1989 to 1995. Considering “Austin Powers” originated as a James Bond spoof, the inspiration for Dr.
Evil was always Blofeld actor Donald Pleasance from “You Only Live Twice” and not Myers’ “SNL” boss. “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.
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