From the sixties spy Austin Powers and his nemesis Dr. Evil, to metalhead Wayne, and the German pseudo-intellectual Dieter, Mike Myers has created some of the biggest characters in popular culture. While Myers is a huge movie star, his rise to fame is not well known. Best-selling biographer Martin Knelman chronicles Myers` early career from the first television appearance of Wayne`s World (not on Saturday Night Live), to his breakthrough success on Saturday Night Live and movies such as Wayne`s World and Austin Powers.
The road to success has not always been smooth. His first hit movies were followed by flops. Portraits of Myers as a vain control freak began to surface in the media including a vicious profile in Vanity Fair. Accusations intensified when Myers, facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit and intense criticism from the Hollywood establishment, stopped production on a movie based on his Dieter character because it wasn`t funny enough. Only with the intervention of Jeffrey Katzenberg did Mike Myers` career and reputation bounce back with the overwhelming success of Shrek.
Mike`s World explores the controversies and successes of Myers` career. This compelling portrait of a passionate artist who is devoted to his career, his family and wife. It is above all about a man who continues to live by his late father`s advice: always be funny.