http://lebeauleblog.com/2012/10/03/what-the-hell-happened-to-mike-myer s/
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BrokenBells — 10 years ago(June 11, 2015 05:45 PM)
I know what you mean, I just came on here because I read an old interview he did with Rachel Weisz where he came across really well, very nice and thoughtful and showing real interest in her, not the least bit self-involved. It gave me such a good impression that I wanted to see what he was up to, and was surprised to find that he seems to be the exact opposite in many work situations. So yeah, it does seem a bit Jekyll and Hyde..
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rams_lakers — 9 years ago(July 12, 2016 09:12 AM)
I really don't understand how someone who is so nice and funny and charming on screen can be so completely the opposite in real life.
If what that article says is true, it is almost like a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde situation, It is sad because he seems like such a charmer on his movies, someone with a really good sense of humor
From what I've heard often, a few perfect examples are Chevy Chase, Lucille Ball, and Lou Costello.
Reeboot and re-imagine are just silly euphemistic excuses for the dirty word remake. -
reaseltbim — 9 years ago(July 13, 2016 01:53 PM)
thats so strange.
I Know Acting means you play someone else, I get that actors have the ability to become different people,
But even on interviews they are nice and even on like premiers, Mike Myers was nice even in the behind the scenes of some of his movies. its almost scary -
TheHuronPhish — 11 years ago(June 19, 2014 12:00 AM)
I hated that bastard for years, said Penelope Spheeris. But when I saw Austin Powers, I went, I forgive you, Mike. You can be moody, you can be a jerk, you can be things that others of us cant be because you are profoundly talented. And I forgive you.
This is the money quote, but Spheeris is dead wrong. Myers' career is dead because he is NOT talented enough to cancel out his problematic personality. Shrek may have fooled people into believing he is more bankable than he really was - just about anybody could have done that voice work and it would have made the same type of money.
Wayne's World and Austin Powers are bad. Both franchises play absolutely terribly now through hindsight. The Love Guru is of the same ilk as those turds; it was just released in a time where people had moved on from Myers' awful brand of humor. -
tua07824 — 11 years ago(October 18, 2014 05:56 AM)
He alienated the people he worked with by being a vindictive A-hole and alienated the audience with mind-numbing sequel after sequel after sequel. I came here after reading the WTHH on lebeau's blog. Gold as always, with much insight. I think it was downhill after the "Sprockets" debacle. That was always my fav SNL skit of his. You won't "betray" the public with an unsatisfactory "Sprockets" script, but you spend 5 years making "the Love Guru"?????
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Elemenoh — 11 years ago(February 06, 2015 06:46 PM)
I disagree completely with the sentiment that a comeback is likely. He's stuck in the Chevy-chase bin of has-beens who burned all the wrong bridges. Personally, I'm always happy to see POS's like this get their comeuppance.
This actually happens with relative frequency in the entertainment industry. An entertainer gets a few hits, thinks they can wear the daddy pants, and a few Spielberg/DeNiro snubs later, the career is limited to Shrek. -
lemetellusomethingbandejo — 10 years ago(May 05, 2015 04:22 PM)
Look at all these wannabes and never-wases picking apart someone they don't know. A very useful and productive use of your time. Someone should follow you bit@hes around for a year and do that to you. See how you deal.
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tua07824 — 10 years ago(July 20, 2015 11:28 PM)
Where does the person who picks apart the people who pick apart a person lie on the hierarchy of loserdom? I'm not a wannabe actor, and if you followed me around for a year you most certainly wouldn't find me berating at my subordinates over petty bs.
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Zingbot_9000 — 10 years ago(August 04, 2015 08:23 AM)
I think the article is very opinionated. I think none of the Austin Powers, Waynes World, Shrek or Cat in the Hat movies were flops. Ax Murderer could have done more and the same with Love Guru. But the other rules were either supporting roles or out of character type rules like 54.
I do hear that he is hard to get along with. I notice that when Sandler makes his movies he brings in all the other SNL costars except Myers. Myers never appeared with his costars with the exception of appearing with Carvey in Waynes World. I think his problem was that he did not want to co star, but wanted to be the main star all by himself and Garth became too popular. He does seem to have at least buried the hatchet with Carvey temporarily. However, I did hear Dr Evil was orignally a Carvey impression of Lorne Micheals.
As for Sprockets, that character was never popular enough to carry a movie. Releasing it would have been a total disaster. It would have totally have had to deviate far from the original concept to make a full length movie.
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