Mike Myers made the jump from Saturday Night
Live to the big screen with Wayne's World, became a superstar with Austin Powers, and
a household name thanks to Shrek. And then he seemed to pretty much drop off
the face of the Earth. But why? Mike Myers' movies and characters have left
a mark on popular culture that few other comedy stars could ever hope to match, and his ability
to wring laughs from so many different concepts is legendary. So where'd he go — and when can we expect
him to make his eventual comeback? Here's the real reason why Hollywood stopped
casting Mike Myers. Hobbies During his time out of the spotlight, Myers
has kept busy with a number of hobbies, ranging from playing in a floor hockey league twice
a week to Dungeons and Dragons. He's a well-known major hockey fan, often
attending Toronto Maple Leafs games and sharing his thoughts on the occasional NHL broadcast. When you're rich and having fun, why bother
working if you don't have to? "But what I'd really love, is to do Wayne's
World for a living. It might happen. Ya! And monkeys might fly outa my butt!" Directing Another big reason Myers hasn't been in front
of the camera in recent years? Well, he's been spending time behind it instead. In 2014, Myers directed Supermensch, a documentary
about the life of Shep Gordon, a legendary music manager whose clients ranged from Blondie
and Luther Vandross to Alice Cooper. Cooper introduced Gordon to Myers after making
a cameo in Wayne's World, and Gordon has since served as a mentor to the actor, even taking
the star into his home for two months after the death of Myers's father. Pigeonholed Mike Myers is understandably known as a comedian
first and foremost. But while other comedians such as Robin Williams
were able to transition into serious roles, Myers remains typecast despite dramatic turns
in films like Studio 54 and Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds. It could be that Hollywood believes audiences
only want to see Myers cracking jokes, preventing him from exploring his full acting range. Flops and bombs For younger audiences who may not necessarily
associate Myers with Austin Powers or Shrek, there's another movie that unfortunately comes
to mind: The Love Guru. The 2008 comedy presented Myers as, well,
a love guru whose dream is to be featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He brought his Austin Powers costar Verne
Troyer to the film along with several big names, including Justin Timberlake, Jessica
Alba, and Ben Kingsley. But the film was a massive box office bomb
and a critical disaster as well. Myers hasn't made a movie since. "What the hell happened to you?!" Bestselling author During his time away from filmmaking, Myers
filled his time becoming a bestselling author, penning a book called Canada. The book explores what his beloved country
means to him via photographs, anecdotes, and his trademark humor. It was a massive success north of the border,
with Myers embarking on a nationwide promotional tour to celebrate both his book and his homeland. Choosy Even if Hollywood wanted to cast Myers, they'd
have to come up with a pretty amazing script to drag him away from all of his other passions. So far, according to Myers, they haven't even
bothered trying. He told GQ in 2014 that he had only received
15 scripts in the last quarter century, in part because "I do turn virtually everything
down." Given his reputation as such a tough sell,
it's no surprise he hasn't been getting as many offers as he used to. "Zip it." "You can't even-" "Zip it!" "Zip..." "Look all-" "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury Exzipit
A." Television disappointment In early 2015, HBO announced Myers had signed
a two-year deal with the network to make…something. Details were never specified, and the following
year, it was reported that Myers eventually opted out of the contract because his production
deal never led to an order of his series. It's unfortunate that this particular deal
never panned out, but it signals that Myers is interested in returning to television,
either as a director, producer, or even an actor. Fatherhood Myers has also been busy playing a couple
of other major roles: husband and father. He and his second wife, Kelly Tisdale, recently
welcomed a new addition to their family, a daughter named Paulina Kathleen. She's merely the latest in a line of kids
that includes son Spike and daughter Sunday Molly. How important is family life to Myers? In an interview with Deadline he said, "Anyone
who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating
it. I am the happiest I have ever been in my life. I knew I wanted to be a father, I didn’t
know it was going to be this awesome or that my kid would come out so beautiful and lovely." It's tough to imagine Myers is eager to star
in anything that would take him away from his family. What's next? Mike Myers' incredible success with a string
of early hits might have established unreasonable expectations for his later efforts. But it also gave him the financial freedom
to pick his projects carefully — and that's exactly what he's done over the last several
years, taking the time to indulge outside interests while waiting on the perfect script. Happily for fans, that dry spell may soon
come to an end: Myers is attached to return for a fifth Shrek movie, due to arrive in
2019, and he's also booked another non-comedy, signing on to star in the "noir thriller"
Terminal alongside Margot Robbie and Simon Pegg. He's even open to the idea of a third Wayne's
World movie. There's only one thing to say to that. "Party on Wayne." "Party on Garth, alright! Excellent, excellent, ok." Thanks for watching! Click the Looper icon to subscribe to our
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