Reveals a depth and understanding of Mike Myers that I had no idea about. Great listen. Entertaining and thought provoking. Luckily this is an instance of knowing more about a person making it better, not worse.
I really love and appreciate mike immensely. Heās so sweet! Heās my mentor in a way when it comes to acting and film study. Iām a writer and my family has been involved in the arts for years. Itās a family thing... but Iāve read mikes Canada book amazing. I also read a book that someone from their perspective and how they saw mike Myers. Very awesome book!!! I absolutely adore Austin Powers to death. Mikes slapstick is perfect! I could watch him for hours!! I salute mike Myers!
One of the best interviews on wtf, EASY. Mike seems so humble and self doubting yet he is a key player of the SNL all stars, only Spade and Farley shined brighter.
In the film Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen is pitching the song Bohemian Rhapsody to their label exec. The label exec. says "I just can't see a bunch of teenagers in a car banging their heads to it." The actor. Playing the label exec. was Michael Myers.
I found that whole "difficult to work with" thing really fascinating. Great example of how ruthless and fucked up the Hollywood industry can be. These producers and money people are funny or creative, they just have a template for what they've decided a movie or a show should be. It's all numbers to them. Even after Mike proved that he was right and they were wrong, they still label him "difficult to work with". Doesn't matter that he made great movies and tons of money, he still had the audacity to suggest that maybe he knows what's funny and they don't. Reminds me of Louie: he went around and felt like he had to cater to these ppl, and the work suffered. As a result he refused to make anything unless he had complete creative control. Any time some executive tried to tamper with his show Louie, he'd just say "well, maybe we should just forget it and not make the show" and they'd back off. The result was an incredible show. It's just kinda tragic to me that movie studio people don't respect the vision of great comedians, but I'm glad guys like Mike are willing to throw their reputations on the line to do good work