Twitter Users Expose Mike Myers as an Absolute Nightmare to Work With

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Ada Elder
Mar 29, 2023 4:00 PM EDT

An old tweet featuring a video of Keanu Reeves helping the John Wick: Chapter 4 production crew with some heavy lifting recently went viral. It's shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that everyone's favorite wholesome celebrity was nice to some regular people. While the tale may seem dull to those of us who are well aware of Keanu's penchant for kindness, the tweet's virality has led to some not-so-nice revelations about another star: Mike Myers. 

While defending praise of Keanu's actions, Twitter user Jay Brody used his experience of working with Mike Myers as an alarming contrast. He alleges that Mike Myers had him fired for simply making eye contact with the actor and comedian. 

 

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  • After the tweet blew up, he expanded on the story on an episode of his show on @sonicradio. 

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  • While the disappointing tale surprised many fans, quite a few people were coming out of the woodwork to confirm the allegations, whether from personal experience or the experiences of close friends. It's always depressing to realize your heroes are flawed (we're looking at you J.Lo), but as an elder millennial, this one hit different. The surprise is reflected in the tweet's replies, along with stories of other unpleasant celebrities, a few counterpoints, and a whole lot of roasts of The Love Guru. As sad as we are about this revelation, we can't pretend that we're not entertained. 

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    Font - Tyler Boyco @tylerboyco 2d I worked with MC who was the PC on Love Guru. She told us HORROR STORIES about him. 3 41 Jay Brody @theJaybrody. 2d When we were hired they basically told us he would have us fired regardless in under a week and not to worry because it wouldn't impact our ability to work on other projects around town. It didn't. 10 7,402 ₁271K ↑ 4 3,688 ₁272K ↑ 102 CP @Cousin Pete.1d People always wonder why there weren't more Austin powers movies but never realize how many stor
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    World - Cavan Campbell @CCamOperator . 2d Oh man, what dept were you in? The rigging best boy literally started his morning safety meetings with a warning to just walk quietly away if you ever so much as saw Myers within 200' of you. 44 4 2,310 ₁272K ↑ Jay Brody @theJaybrody.2d I was just locations security, unfortunately assigned to his trailer... lol. We were downtown so I was just supposed to silently stand by it for 12 hours and make sure that only Mike or his assistant went in. Hard to do t
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    World - 1465 Shane @famefriendspod 1d I was an extra in Love Guru and remember being told that we can't make eye contact with Mike. When I tell people this, they don't believe me. Thanks for confirming. But Alba was a dream! 11 1 59 3,849 ₁ 180K Jay Brody @theJaybrody. 1d show your friends the other replies in this thread if they don't believe you. Im blown away by how many stories are coming out from... 3 179 1,594 il₁ 149K ↑ ...
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    Organism - Brennan Leffler @brennanleffler He probably didn't want anyone looking at him because he was embarrassed he was doing "The Love Guru". 11:51 PM. 3/27/23 · 32.3K Views 1 Retweet 256 Likes
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    Organism - DeathGoldbloom @subcutaneousnpc My ex told that Tom Cruise got her fired for calling him Mr Cruise instead of Mr Hunt 1:00 PM 3/27/23 · 13.7K Views 5 Retweets 1 Quote 107 Likes
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    Font - Addison Wylie @AddisonWylie Ironically, no one made eye contact with THE LOVE GURU during its theatrical run. 9:34 PM 3/27/23 · 16.1K Views ● 4 Retweets 424 Likes
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    Font - galaxytina @Galaxytina I was an extra for a little while, and Jay is not kidding. The only actors I ever actually interacted with were Mark Harmon and Jamie Lee Curtis when I was a featured extra in a scene with them on NCIS. They actually wanted to meet me before we shot the scene. Very nice people. 11:09 PM. 3/27/23 · 18.7K Views 198 Likes
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    Gesture - The Tweet Father @thetweet_Father This tweet is the most attention that movie has ever gotten 8:53 PM 3/27/23 - 8,510 Views ● 173 Likes ...
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    Font - Probably Alison @dinosaurlamps Man, I ran into him at a Borders in 2003 and he was incredibly sweet, if not a little shy. Maybe he was insecure about the horrible movie he was about to crap out 8:14 PM -3/27/23 6,575 Views 1 Retweet 9 Likes
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    Organism - Trevor Heins @trevorheins I played young Mike Myers in the Love Guru when I was 13. While I didn't get fired for making eye contact, he wouldn't take a picture with me or anything. I guess knowing others stories I was pressing my luck and came out fairly unscathed 1:01 AM 3/28/23 - 6,423 Views ● ●●● 1 Retweet 90 Likes
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    Font - Vance Krelmore @KelTjorson To be fair, Love Guru must have been an incredibly tense and unpleasant shoot for everyone once they realized what they were making. 4:50 PM 3/27/23 · 3,675 Views 37 Likes ●
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    World - THE Head of the Cr Cornelian Squeen @Yojimbo2049 Your fault for breaking his concentration. Clearly he needed it to get into such a deep role 8:05 PM 3/27/23 9,582 Views 20 Likes ●
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    Font - ScottieSpliffen @DevilSpliffin I met him while working at an Urban Outfitters in NY when I was 18 (about 15yrs back). I quoted So I Think I Married an Axe Murderer and he was quite down to earth and appreciative of the nod to his older work. This sounds like the complete opposite of my experience & that sucks 6:58 AM -3/28/23 1,074 Views 3 Likes
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