The majority of the first film was improvised
I have this theory that our lives are almost entirely defined by the movies we watch as a kid. I mean, our very first sense of fashion, humor, art and popular culture as a whole comes straight from the stuff we watched when we were young. That's why I'll always be grateful to my parents for letting me watch more mature content when I was a kid. For instance, I remember when I was just about seven years old, all of my friends had planned to go and see Disney's Tarzan in theaters. I, however, wanted to go see Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
Whereas some of my friends' parents weren't comfortable with letting their kids watch that, my parents took me.
Way to be badass, Mom and Dad! Anyways... as the years passed, the Austin Powers film series became one of my favorites, but even still, there are so many crazy behind-the-scenes facts that I never knew about until now. Check it out!
That's right, amazing lines like "Allow myself to introduce... myself" and "Yeah, and I can't believe Liberace was gay. I mean, women loved him!
It took a total of seven hours for Mike Myers to put on the Fat Bastard costume
I didn't see that one coming" were all made up on the spot.
That's a lot of time in the makeup room!
The Goldmember character was so disgusting that many of the other actors would forget their lines
According to Myers, it smelled like a “sewer filtration plant.”
Mindy Sterling, who played Frau, would often miss her cues because she was so disgusted by Goldmember eating his own skin.
A lot of people think that Dr. Evil is based off of Lorne Michaels, Myers' former Saturday Night Live boss.
Apparently the evil villain has a lot of similarities with him, and some rumors insist that Dana Carvey was actually mad at Myers for stealing his impression of Lorne for the film.
Jim Carrey was originally supposed to play Dr. Evil
Myers wanted the Canadian comic to portray his arch nemesis, but Carrey had to turn the role down due to scheduling conflicts.
The real name of the cat who played Mr. Bigglesworth was Ted Nudegent
It's a play on the name of American musician Ted Nugent. I don't know which name I like better.
The original Goldmember film ran over three hours
It included appearances by Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham) and even Mustafa (Will Ferrell). These scenes were eventually cut for time.
Rob Lowe got the part of young Number Two way before the series was even released
Lowe used to date the daughter of Robert Wagner, who played the older version of Number Two. Lowe had actually created an impression of him years before The Spy Who Shagged Me even started filming!
Former SNL alum Colin Quinn was supposed to play Scott Evil
He turned the role down and regrets it to this day!
One of Dr. Evil's moon bases in The Spy Who Shagged Me is named after Frank Zappa's daughter
He has two bases: Moon Unit Alpha and Moon Unit Zappa. The latter is the actual name of Frank Zappa's daughter!
In Germany, the title of the second film in the series translated to Spy In The Secret Missionary Position
When Dr. Evil meets Frau Farbissina again, he says "Wie geht es Ihnen?" and she responds with "Sehr gut Herr Doktor." This translates to "How's it going?" and "Very good Mr. Doctor." In German, it is normal to refer to someone as Mr. Doctor, unlike in English where one would say Dr.
Beyoncé was only 20 years old when she portrayed Foxxy Cleopatra
Evil for example. In the German dubbed version, this is dubbed into Swedish.
She was the youngest of all Austin's sidekicks.
In the first movie, Mike Myers is credited with playing three roles
But he was also the voice of the astronaut in the beginning who says, "Oh my gentle Jesus.
