The primary annual Netflix Is a Joke: The Pageant has been considerably overshadowed by the weird incident involving comic Dave Chappelle and a stage-invading attacker, however the competition has uncovered a number of fascinating secrets and techniques.
When actor and comic Mike Myers sat down with David O. Russell for a discuss his profession, the pair seemed into each one of many actor’s roles, from Austin Powers and Wayne’s World to his model new Netflix sequence The Pentaverate.
Included within the dialogue was a dialog Myers had with Lorne Michaels through which the comic proposed making a remake of the traditional 1967 movie The Graduate starring Dustin Hoffman, asking Myers to star. “He pitched me a film — he mentioned, ‘I would like you to do a remake of The Graduate,’” Myers said on the occasion, earlier than telling Michaels, “I don’t suppose that’s a good suggestion”.
The unique Oscar-winning 1967 film following a school scholar who falls in love with a married lady, stays a traditional to this very day due to the lead efficiency of Hoffman and the enduring soundtrack from Simon & Garfunkel.
“‘I simply supplied you a fucking film,’” Myers recollects Michaels snapping again, earlier than the Austin Powers actor remembers stating, “The Graduate doesn’t should be remade. It’s an ideal movie. And somewhat man shouldn’t stand in a fantastic man’s sneakers”.
Proposing he make Wayne’s World into a movie as an alternative of the remake, Michaels mentioned, “Actually?”, a tone that Myers interpreted as “‘You fucking fool’”.
Check out the trailer for the enduring 1967 film, beneath.
