Mike Myers ‘had an anxiety attack’ after realisation on SNL

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It was Myers’ performances in character as Wayne Campbell – a fictional rock music fan who hosts a public-access TV show, Wayne’s World, from his parent’s basement – that caught the attention of former SNL writer Lorne Michaels when he debuted the character at a Second City show. I don’t know what happened, but the audience just went for it and loved it.” The comedian added that he got a call two weeks later from Michaels, who said: “I understand you do a Wayne character.” open image in gallery Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as Wayne and Garth from ‘Wayne's World’ Myers, who is Canadian, admitted that it was only years before he joined SNL that he became aware of what it was. open image in gallery Mike Myers pictured in April 2024 “I checked it out and I was like, ‘Oh my God, that’s really, really funny.” Myers later praised Michaels, sharing that he’s “learned so much from him”. The pragmatism.” Myers’ character Wayne Campbell spawned two movies, 1992’s Wayne’s World and its 1993 sequel, before he went on to portray Dr Evil in the Austin Powers film series and voiced the title ogre in the 2001 film Shrek.