The Pentaverateactor revealed he’d be down for reprising his role as the iconic character in a new interview with SiriusXM’sJess Cagle, telling the host he “would love to do” a fourth movie in the hit comedy franchise.
But, he teased, “Ican neither confirm nor denythe existence or non-existence of such a project, should it exist or not exist.”
Myers, 58, played various characters in the spy spoof film series, including the titular Austin “Danger” Powers and Powers' main nemesisDr. Evil.
After Cagle, 56, told Myers his response felt “like a confirmation” of a forthcoming addition film, the actor quipped, “It was a non-confirmed, confirmation confirmation.”
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Myers first made his debut as Powers — a secret agent who was cryogenically frozen in 1967, only to wake up to a completely different world 30 years later — in 1997’sAustin Powers: International Man of Mystery, withElizabeth Hurleyas his fellow spy and love interest, Vanessa Kensington.
He also played Dr. Evil in the film, and would go on to portray additional villainsFat Bastardand Goldmember in the franchise’s two follow-up installments:The Spy Who Shagged Me(1999) andAustin Powers in Goldmember(2002).
Back in 2018, theSaturday Night Livealum told PEOPLE that his sonSpike, now 10, “keeps asking me, ‘Where’s the fourth Austin Powers?’, which is the weirdest thing. I’m like, ‘Get off my back. I’m doing my best.’ "
Myers said Spike was falling asleep one night and askedif there would be a fourth installmentto the franchise. “And I said, ‘I’d like to. I don’t know.’ Then he said, ‘What’s Dr. Evil’s lair?’ And I said, ‘An oil rig,’ and he said, ‘What’s an oil rig?’ I said, ‘It’s where you drill oil at sea.’ "
“He goes, ‘It should be a sewer,’ and fell asleep,” the actor added.
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While it has been 20 years since Myers has graced the big screen as part of theAustin Powersuniverse, he recently appeared in aSuper Bowlad forGMthat saw Dr. Evil agree to save the planet from climate change before trying to take it over.
TheFebruary commercial also sawhim reunite with three of hisAustin Powerscostars:Seth Green,Rob Loweand Mindy Sterling.
Working with Green, 48, Lowe, 58, and Sterling, 68, again after two decades “was like we hadn’t missed a beat,” Myers told PEOPLE at the time. “It’s like it was five minutes ago. After three kids I don’t have a sense of time anyways.”
And theEmmywinner called it “unbelievably flattering” whenAustin Powersfans come up to him in real life and quote lines from the comedies.
“It’s absolutely gratifying,” Myers said. “It’s people of all ages and from around the world. It’s hard for my head to take in sometimes, but it’s just a great experience. The Dr. Evil speech, when he’s withCarrie Fisher— ‘The details of my life are quite inconsequential … ' — I’ve had people recite the entire speech. And me going, ‘God, I had to do that in 15 takes.’ "
The Pentaveratepremieres Thursday on Netflix.
source: people.com
