Who Did Mike Myers Play In Inglourious Basterds?
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Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is one of his most beloved in the alternative history movie genre. The fact that the legendary writer/director made a movie with such a star-studded cast including Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Christoph Waltz meant that it would be a guaranteed hit. The fact that Mike Myers has a brief cameo is a bonus.
Inglourious Basterds offers up an alternate history of plans to kill the leaders in Nazi Germany. Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) and several soldiers are behind one of the plans and Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent), who runs a movie theater, is behind the other. Mike Myers's Inglourious Basterds character is one of the most memorable of the movie.
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Mike Myers's Inglourious Basterds character, General Ed Fenech, appears briefly in the movie but still makes a big impression. In his scene, Ed and Lieutenant Archie Hicox (Michael Fassbender) talk about Operation Kino. Many feel that Inglourious Basterds is Quentin Tarantino's best movie and the scene between Fenech and Hicox is one reason why.
What Is Operation Kino?
- "Kino" means "cinema" in German
- The Basterds want to kill the Nazis at the movie premiere of Stolz der Nation
The dialogue between the two characters is clever, as General Fenech asks Lieutenant Hicox about his pre-war career as a film critic. Hicox explains that he wrote for Flickers Bi-Monthly and Films & Filmmakers, which are two great titles, and he talks about the two books that he wrote.
Inglourious Basterds Director | Quentin Tarantino |
|---|---|
Writer | Quentin Tarantino |
Cast Members | Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger |
Release Date | August 21st, 2009 (United States) |
Runtime | 153 minutes |
Rotten Tomatoes Score | 89% |
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score | 88% |
Where To Watch | Rent on AppleTV |
Hicox says:
"The first book was called 'Art of the Eyes, the Heart, and the Mind: A Study of German Cinema in the Twenties.' And the second one was called 'Twenty-Four Frame Da Vinci.' It's a subtextual film criticism study of the work of German director G. W. Pabst."
Mike Myers's Inglourious Basterds's character General Ed Fenech's most well-known quote is when he says:
"We have all our rotten eggs in one basket. The objective of Operation Kino: blow up the basket."
While fans of Mike Myers might have been surprised to see him in Inglourious Basterds, especially since he is only in a few minutes, he has shared that he loves Quentin Tarantino's films. There are many fun behind-the-scenes facts about Tarantino's movies, including how the beloved comedian and actor came to star in it. According to CTV News, the actor talked about how happy he was to appear in Inglourious Basterds at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009. Myers said:
"perhaps (my) greatest fantasy realized. I'm the biggest Quentin Tarantino fan that you'll find. I got a call -- 'Would you like to play a British general?' -- and I dig a jig and I was very happy and I'm still very happy. I kinda can't believe (it)."
Mike Myers's Projects After Inglourious Basterds
After Mike Myers's Inglourious Basterds role, the actor reprised one of his most famous roles when he voiced Shrek in Shrek Forever After, which was released in 2010. Myers also appeared in the following movies:
- Oscar Etiquette (2012)
- Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2013)
- Being Canadian (2015)
- I Am Chris Farley (2015)
- Last Knight (2017)
- Terminal (2018)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
- Amsterdam (2022)
Mike Myers will also voice his beloved animated green character in Shrek 5, which is poised to be a huge success. As for TV, Mike Myers created the Netflix series The Pentaverate and also starred in it as a few different characters, including radio host Rex Smith and Canadian reporter Ken Scarborough. The actor also wrote for the series and was an executive producer.
Mike Myers's Inglourious Basterds character is just one example of his impressive career. The actor always sounds humble and grateful in his interviews, and he appreciated the opportunity to voice Shrek. As Myers told Cinema.com:
"They like made Shrek into this person that isn't me, but that is kind of me. Shrek is this big, green, disgusting and oafish character. So I guess that's why they cast me! But they've made me into a storybook character that is so three dimensional. They've done a really great job, I've never seen anything like it before. It was a completely new experience for me."
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