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- Myers told The Hollywood Reporter in 2017 for an oral history on Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery that, yes, Dr. Evil was based partially on Michaels, but also on another actor.
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In 1997, an unnamed Saturday Night Live writer claimed Dr. Evil was based on SNL creator Lorne Michaels, saying: "It's the lower lip, the eyebrows, the whole way he talks." Another unnamed former SNL actor cited Michaels' "obsessing about minutiae, the way he ends everything by bringing his pinkie up and chewing the fingernail".
May 16, 1997 · ”The best joke in Austin Powers was that Dr. Evil was totally a Lorne Michaels impression,” says an anonymous ex- SNL writer who prefers not to risk the wrath of the creator and executive...
Jun 20, 2021 · Mike Myers reportedly modeled Dr. Evil’s voice and mannerisms after Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels. Apparently, the line “Throw me a frickin’ bone, people,” was something Michaels used to say at SNL script meetings.
- Roger Cormier
- MIKE MYERS STARTED THINKING UP THE AUSTIN POWERS CHARACTER DRIVING HOME ONE DAY. Burt Bacharach’s “The Look of Love” was playing on the car radio, leading Mike Myers to think about where the “swingers” of the world went off to.
- IT’S WIDELY BELIEVED THAT DR. EVIL IS BASED ON LORNE MICHAELS. Anonymous former writers and actors from the legendary sketch show claimed that Dr. Evil did an excellent job of mimicking SNL's head honcho, from his overall control-freak behavior to the physical mannerisms, including the famous upturned pinkie.
- MICHAEL CAINE BELIEVES THAT AUSTIN POWERS IS BASED ON A 1965 CHARACTER OF HIS. Caine portrayed bespectacled government agent Harry Palmer in the British espionage movie The Ipcress File.
- ELIZABETH HURLEY BELIEVES THAT AUSTIN POWERS IS BASED ON A 1960s BRITISH TALK SHOW HOST. Simon Dee was the host of the hip and popular BBC celebrity chat show called Dee Time that ran in the late 1960s.
Carvey’s Lorne was also partially behind the rift between the comic and Mike Myers, who appropriated the impression — pinky and all — for the Dr. Evil character in the Austin Powers movies....
The character Dr. Evil, the antagonist of Austin Powers in three films, has mannerisms and a speaking style based on Lorne Michaels. Dr. Dr. Evil was created and portrayed by SNL alumnus Mike Myers , who was at least partially influenced by fellow SNL performer Dana Carvey 's impression of Michaels.
May 1, 2017 · It's been long rumored since the film was released that the Dr. Evil character is actually inspired by Myer's former Saturday Night Live boss, Lorne Michaels.
