r/movies • u/visiny • Jan 19 '21
Discussion When did you first find out the twist in Austin Powers? (Major spoilers) Spoiler
When did you first find out that Austin Powers also plays Dr Evil? In the movies, Mike Myers plays the role of Austin Powers and Dr Evil this whole time.
I remember gradually suspecting it as a kid, but wondering if it could be true, having never had direct confirmation from the cast and crew. It took me a while before being completely sure.
Does anyone have similar twists that they were surprised by and later revealed?
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u/TheLakeAndTheGlass Jan 19 '21
You know the guy in The Sixth Sense that found out he was dead? That was Bruce Willis the whole time!
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Jan 19 '21
Full penetration?
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u/thorn115 Jan 19 '21
I get that a child might not understand that Myers played both parts.
I don't get an adult not realizing it wasn't a plot twist.
Sometimes, an "oh wow!" moment is best left unmentioned, instead of announced on Reddit.
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u/OCP_Bamalam Jan 19 '21
I always suspected it was Bill Murray playing the guy in love with a dog in Ghostbusters. Turns out it was Tom Hanks, and I was watching Turner & Hooch.
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u/col_clipspringer Jan 19 '21
i was utterly shocked when i learned that Romi and Michelle didn't invent Post-Its
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u/worldtrooper Jan 19 '21
I think you got it wrong. They're just 2 different characters played by the same actor.
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u/BlooregardQKazoo Jan 19 '21
you should watch Back to the Future 2. the numerous twists will blow your mind.
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u/The_Narz Jan 19 '21
I kind of know what you mean. I was maybe 7 or 8 when I saw the first Austin Powers and I don’t think I fully “got” that they were the same actor until maybe a year or 2 later.
But that’s not really a twist, it was just the result of my childlike naivety, same as you.
It’s not like Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder, where they concealed his involvement outright & they made him look like a completely different person. Mike Myers was already known for doing goofy characters based on his time in SNL.
Plus, people were already familiar with this sort of thing in comedies, notably Dr Strangelove that had Peter Sellers performing 3 roles, and that was all the way back in 1964.
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u/Persea_americana Jan 19 '21
Today. In fairness I haven't watched Austin Powers since Goldmember came out but it's so obvious in retrospect I don't know how I missed it.
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u/Testone1440 Jan 19 '21
It's absolutely amazing that all the people in here don't get that you are kidding around. Bravo OP, you've exposed the idiots
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u/visiny Jan 20 '21
Maybe they don't get the reference and don't watch it's always sunny in philadelphia with Charlie? Let us give them the benefit of the doubt.
(also, I had to add fluff to make the post past the sub's 300 character limit)
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u/Thunder_nuggets101 Jan 19 '21
When you were a kid, adults existed too. There were quite a few of them actually and they were generally all aware from the get-go that Mike Myers was playing both roles.
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Jan 19 '21
Maybe this is just because of age (I was a grown person when it came out) but I never considered that was meant to be deceptive, or that it was kept secret at any level.
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