Dead Sexy Facts About Austin Powers
Written by and starring Mike Myers as the title character and his archenemy Dr. Evil, “Austin Powers” is a trilogy of American action-comedy films parodying spy movies. The general theme of the films involves Dr.
Evil trying to extort large sums of money from governments or international bodies and being thwarted by Austin Powers or his own inexperience and lack of knowledge of culture in the 1990s.
The films were received relatively well, with a combined worldwide box office of $676,356,278, and moderate to good reviews.
Let’s take a look at some facts from the film series that Daniel Craig said ruined James Bond.
Austin Powers Facts
27. Behind Every Hilarious Man is An Annoyed Woman
Mike Myers thought up the character when he heard Burt Bacharach’s “The Look of Love” on the car radio and wondered where the swingers of the world went to. He went home and asked his wife is she swung and if he was making her horny.
She told him to shut up and turn it into a character. Three weeks later, he had the first draft of “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.”
26. Littlefinger
Anonymous former writers and actors from the legendary sketch show, “Saturday Night Live,” claimed that Dr. Evil was a spot-on impression of SNL overlord Lorne Michaels, including the famous upturned pinkie.
25. This One’s for the Nerds
The name of the muscle which extends the pink finger is the Exensor Digiti MINIMI. That’s right. Mini-Me.
