Wise Words

A Letter to Mike Myers by George Harrison

Mike Myers once said that in the making of Austin Powers in Goldmember, he received an unexpected letter from thee George Harrison on the same day George Harrison passed away (November 29th, 2001).

Keep in mind, Mike Myers and George Harrison have never met before. He was so thrilled to find out one of his idols wrote to him.

"Yes. That's mind-blowing, dude, for the son of a Liverpudlian, a person who worships the Beatles. The letter came on the day of Austin Powers 3 when we were shooting the scene where Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, Steven Spielberg, Danny DeVito, Kevin Spacey are doing the Hollywood movie version of Austin Powers's life as directed by Steven Spielberg, and it was the day George Harrison died."

"I cried like a baby, and it's prominently displayed in my house."

He later displayed some sentences from George's letter:

Sitting here with my Dr. Evill doll... I just wanted to let you know I've been looking all over Europe for a mini-you doll. Dr Evil says frickin', but any good Scouser dad will tell you it's actually 'friggin' as in a 'four of fish and finger pie', if you get my drift. Thanks for the movies, so much fun. 

Mike Myers decided to keep the rest of the letter to himself. He learned why George wrote him a letter but he'd also like to keep that for himself too. 

"Dude, I can't even. On the (Beatles) Anthology special I spoke about how I still get teary thinking of that last shot (in A Hard Day's Night) with the helicopter takes off. I love the spirit of that film so much, that spirit got into Austin Powers and Wayne's World, which is that it's a party. And he said (in his letter) 'I'm sorry I left you on the helicopter that day, I promise I won't do it again.'"

"I can't really speak of it (why he received the letter). But it is fantastic and sad and awesome, and this is the magic that I'm talking about that I feel very grateful and privileged to be a part of it." Mike happily stated.

Man...

Can you imagine getting a letter from George Harrison saying that he loves your work? I wouldn't stop smiling for days if that happened.

Rest in peace Georgie.