Mike Myers is revealing that “Wayne’s World” almost didn’t get made. The actor sat down with director David O. Russell during the Netflix Is A Joke Festival on Wednesday to talk his career and comedy.
Shortly after Myers joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live”, Lorne Michaels proposed filming a remake of “The Graduate”. “He pitched me a movie — he said, ‘I want you to do a remake of The Graduate,’” he recalled, via Consequence.
He told the producer, “I don’t think that’s a good idea.” READ MORE: Mike Myers’ Daughter Called His Canada Book ‘Boring’: ‘She’s That Person’ The classic film followed the story of a graduate who got involved with a much older woman in an affair.
It didn’t seem like it was ripe for a remake. Apparently Michaels didn’t take this well and told him, “‘I just offered you a f–king movie.'” Myers then replied, “‘The Graduate’ doesn’t need to be remade.
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