Evil Austin facts
While investigating facts about Evil Austin, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer used to make internal videos to show to the employees of Microsoft, one of them involved Ballmer dressing up as Dr. Evil and Gates as Austin Powers.
Jim Carrey declined the role of Dr. Evil in ‘Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery’ in order to star in ‘Liar Liar.’
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 9 of the best facts about Evil Austin I managed to collect.
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The Dr. Evil character in Austin Powers was inspired by Dana Carvey's impression of Lorne Michaels
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Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, Fat Bastard and Goldmember are all played by Mike Myers.
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Jeff Garlin (from Curb Your Enthusiasm) played the One-Eyed Monster during the scene in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me where everyone's looking at Dr. Evil's penis-shaped rocket ship and saying what it looks like.
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Colin Quinn turned down the role of Scott Evil in the Austin Powers movie
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The muscle that Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers franchise points his pinky to his mouth with is called the extensor digiti minimi, a muscle which contracts to extend the pinky finger.
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Jim Carrey declined the role of Dr. Evil in ‘Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery’ so that he could make ‘Liar Liar.’
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The muscle which extends Dr. Evil's pinky in Austin Powers is known as the 'Extensor digiti minimi'
